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Y Ddraig Goch In The Crowd 06 Jul 16 2.06pm | |
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Hans Blix to the Beeb I had a conversation on the telephone with Mr Blair on the 20th of February 2003, in which I said we were not impressed with intelligence that he had referred to, and I said it would be paradoxical if they invaded Iraq with 250,000 men and found very little. But he responded [that] he was very convinced about the national intelligence he had received. Which turned out to be wrong."
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DivingIsNotGood se25 06 Jul 16 2.26pm | |
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Not only should Blair get half a million life sentences for the deaths in Iraq, he should also be tried for the MURDER of Dr Kelly.
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DivingIsNotGood se25 06 Jul 16 2.27pm | |
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Britain's biggest ever serial killer is Tony Blair FACT
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Crystal_Clear Belfast 06 Jul 16 4.37pm | |
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He still claims that the world is a better place without Saddam Hussein. Just look at the state of Iraq now !!!! And how if affects the rest of the world. And I believe that was part of the report, on how things would be if Saddam was removed, which appears to have been simply ignored.
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jamiemartin721 Reading 06 Jul 16 4.42pm | |
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Originally posted by Crystal_Clear
He still claims that the world is a better place without Saddam Hussein. Just look at the state of Iraq now !!!! And how if affects the rest of the world. And I believe that was part of the report, on how things would be if Saddam was removed, which appears to have been simply ignored. A rhetorical statement. Its like saying the world is better without Hitler in it. Of course it is, but the question is whether Iraq is better off, or the middle east or the rest of the world. The whole region has been wracked with instability and IS has massively benefited and flourished as a result - something it probably could never have done without the Iraq invasion (certainly not to the scale it has). Indeed, the Syrian regimes greatest ally in the region was the Saddam regime - The capacity by which IS has been able to operate across the two borders would never have been possible prior to 2003. It annoys me that no one calls him on this kind of bullsh*t
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Hrolf The Ganger 06 Jul 16 5.13pm | |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
A rhetorical statement. Its like saying the world is better without Hitler in it. Of course it is, but the question is whether Iraq is better off, or the middle east or the rest of the world. The whole region has been wracked with instability and IS has massively benefited and flourished as a result - something it probably could never have done without the Iraq invasion (certainly not to the scale it has). Indeed, the Syrian regimes greatest ally in the region was the Saddam regime - The capacity by which IS has been able to operate across the two borders would never have been possible prior to 2003. It annoys me that no one calls him on this kind of bullsh*t Saddam invaded Kuwait that is a fact. We sent him packing and somewhere down the line the Americans decided to finish the Job. Despite the predictable mess that created, we still helped unseat Gadaffi and went into Afghanistan. We could not possibly have done this without knowing that Libya would become another Iraq or knowing that the Russians spent ages fighting the Taliban with little achieved.
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rob1969 Banstead Surrey 06 Jul 16 6.04pm | |
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Seven plus years, 2.5 million words, lord knows how many million of £'s - and the conclusions are those that any half intelligent person could have come to within 24 hours of being given the most basic facts. The Iraqi people? their half million dead? No - must be someone/something else! Suggestions welcome!
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elgrande bedford 06 Jul 16 6.12pm | |
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Originally posted by rob1969
Seven plus years, 2.5 million words, lord knows how many million of £'s - and the conclusions are those that any half intelligent person could have come to within 24 hours of being given the most basic facts. The Iraqi people? their half million dead? No - must be someone/something else! Suggestions welcome! American companies.
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palace_in_frogland In a broken dream 06 Jul 16 7.16pm | |
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Originally posted by elgrande
American companies. And British ones.
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Rudi Hedman Caterham 06 Jul 16 10.34pm | |
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"Take the decision, I took the decision. Don't say I was lying blah blah bliar bliar." He had already made the decision and fitted the findngs around it. The decision was not based on the findings but the findings were fitted around the decision. He committed us and couldn't go back on it. Shut everyone in cabinet and govt out of discussions. This man and his assistants at the time should not be allowed to walk away from this. Hundreds of thousands have died, ISIS rose from imprisonment in Iraq and Iraq is now a dangerous place to be, or just never go back to. Apparently you were better off just keeping your head down under Saddam. He was evil to a few, but there was order. Now you're in danger of having your head blown off. Not to mention the fleeing of the country, further unsettling in the region and mass movement of millions of people. And he was made peace envoy of the Middle East? Way to go, Tony. Real hero. He suffered a Messiah Complex following Kosovo and knew best. Better than any advice or experience in the region before. He was warned of the consequences and ignored it all. Not only liberate the world, he wanted to remain close allies of the US and develop his relationship with Bush and the US. He has made millions and ruined the lives of millions. The man is a disgrace and I don't buy his sombre and regretful tone. It's because it's all come out. Maybe he and Bush saw Saddam as too big a figure in the region and wanted to act rather than react but they too a big gamble and the WMD they wanted to be there never was. It might wash in the US with Tony's appearances on chat shows but it shouldn't here.
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blackpalacefan 06 Jul 16 10.42pm | |
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Blair is a sinister individual. He's always cashing in at every turn too. How about when he was the middle east peace envoy. What a joke.
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Bill E Pilgrim New Addington 06 Jul 16 10.54pm | |
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Originally posted by -TUX-
The Establishment 1-0 The Plebs. As long as you number the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, the Sun and the Express among the establishment (which they certainly are). The job of a free press in a democracy is too hold government to account. This lot went AWOL and backed the war with slavish loyalty, other than a few token pieces. Now they cry foul the incompetent hypocrites.
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