Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Blair still in denial which is the worst thing but wasn't just him, many others in Parliament were cheer leading for war and still do
To suggest Blair was responsible for this deception strikes me as believing our PM has authoritarian powers I just cannot believe actually exist. I find it a huge leap to suggest that in the corridors of power, the intelligence community, military, civil service etc. that Blair's lone presentation of this led an ignorant parliament to the decision to go to war.
This went far deeper than Tony Blair, or even George Bush. Blaming those two is a convenient veil of where power actually resides, something that is perhaps too frightening to contemplate.
Quote from Tony Smarm
'I will take full responsibility for any mistakes without exception or excuse. I will at the same time say why, nonetheless, I believe that it was better to remove Saddam Hussein and why I do not believe this is the cause of the terrorism we see today whether in the Middle East or elsewhere in the world.'
The man is an idiot. Virtually all our current evils associated with IS and the like are down to his actions and the last sentence is totally wrong.
So we now have a report that shows that a Labour government can't be relied on to keep peace.
We also know from successive Labour governments that they can't be relied on to keep the economy under control.
We also know from successive Labour governments that they can't be relied on to keep the NHS and Social Benefits system under control.
What can they keep under control?
Never ever should we elect that lot again........a message that seems to be finally sinking in to the electorate..
TNBA
TTF
Disagree they Bush (primarily) and Blair wanted this. They thought Saddam would be an easy target (they were right he was) and they could end up looking like the heroes defeating an evil tyrant. There would have been the added bonus of oil, lucrative rebuilding contracts etc, but essentially this was seen to be an easy way to exhaust post 9/11 angst. Sadly they totally misjudged the whole situation and did not have a clue what they were doing, as evidenced by the chaos the country is still in now.
This was a deliberate war of aggression against a country that posed no threat to the US or UK, it's as simple as that. Blair should be called to account, preferably in some sort of court.
if we want to point fingers at despots around the world then we have to hold ourselves to account too when decisions we make result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people (conservative estimate) and the displacement of millions from their homes. There is NO excuse for this.
Blair still in denial which is the worst thing but wasn't just him, many others in Parliament were cheer leading for war and still do
Quote from Tony Smarm
'I will take full responsibility for any mistakes without exception or excuse. I will at the same time say why, nonetheless, I believe that it was better to remove Saddam Hussein and why I do not believe this is the cause of the terrorism we see today whether in the Middle East or elsewhere in the world.'
The man is an idiot. Virtually all our current evils associated with IS and the like are down to his actions and the last sentence is totally wrong.
So we now have a report that shows that a Labour government can't be relied on to keep peace.
We also know from successive Labour governments that they can't be relied on to keep the economy under control.
We also know from successive Labour governments that they can't be relied on to keep the NHS and Social Benefits system under control.
What can they keep under control?
Never ever should we elect that lot again........a message that seems to be finally sinking in to the electorate..
TNBA
TTF
This, odious man, just odious.Whilst Blair is a lying toerag, I wonder how a certain Mr Campbell feels?
David Kelly, Andrew Gilligan? hmmmm....
Whilst I cannot stand Blair, he was at least elected. Campbell was just a nasty unelected henchman
It`s always easy with hindsight to judge...
Blair didn't have the power to get this through on his own. MPs from all sides voted 412 to 149 to authorise the war. That was 146 Conservative for, 2 against, Labour 254 for, 84 against, and all the 52 Lib Dems voted against. I find it chilling to suggest that 412 MPs were duped by Tony Blair, especially with such resounding support from the opposition at the time. Despite the Stop the War marches, public opinion was that we needed to go and 'sort Saddam out' and if the yanks were up for it, so we should be. Ultimately this was a parliamentary decision to stand with the US. The power behind this, especially in the US was deeply entrenched far beyond Bush's vanity.
The only way we could hold Blair to account is if it can be proved he knew the intelligence was false, and if he knew that, then a lot of other people did to. Even at the time, every MP knew the intelligence was flaky at best, but still they voted it through.
It`s always easy with hindsight to judge...