It was dressed up as an imminent threat (45 minutes to deploy etc). I'm not so sure that there was a way out for Hussein regardless of what he did or did not declare.

Indeed it was seemingly already decided well in advance that we and American would be going into Iraq, and it was specifically and categorically stated that false reasons would be manufactured to get us to that point. (' painting a U-2 spyplane in United Nations (UN) colors and letting it fly low over Iraq to provoke Iraq into shooting it down, thus providing a pretext for the subsequent invasion etc) [Link] .

"It also shows Bush and Blair were making a secret deal to carry out the invasion regardless of whether weapons of mass destruction were discovered by UN weapons inspectors, in direct contradiction to statements made by Blair to British Parliament afterwards that Saddam would be given a final chance to disarm.

According to the memo, Bush is paraphrased as saying:

The start date for the military campaign was now pencilled in for 10 March. This was when the bombing would begin."

Blair was an egomaniac who was clearly close to infatuated with the idea of being Bush's 'sideman' and a major player on the world stage. Don't get me wrong, then and since he's played that like a charm to his financial advantage. I'm not about to give the benefit of the doubt to someone like him though, regardless of what party he claimed to represent.

I would agree that the current lot likely aren't any better. I'm not really seeing anyone worth voting for right now! Decent people often get left in the dust by the corrupted and corruptible. The system is under so many pressures from those with power, the rich, corporations. The interests of the man on the street ends up way down the list.

Edited by BlueJay (04 Jan 2022 8.25pm)

Well he he has a large property portfolio, oh that's not what you meant.

One more point

He not only went to war on dodgy info. He wanted to go to war because he saw what winning a war done for Thatcher (The Falklands). The only problem was that it was a war that was never going to be won, but hey-ho, what's a few hundred squaddies lives between friends ?

Despicable, vile curnt.

Yes, I have no doubt that it's not a who's who of the most deserving when in comes to honours being given out to these types. I have far more time for ordinary people who are acknowledged based on making a noteworthy contribution to societ or their community. They have at least often done something positive that is deserving of praise.

Tony Blair's Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says he was told to burn secret memo that said Iraq war could be illegal - [Link]

What is it with Geoff Hoon's face? I've never seen a picture of him not looking like there's a midget downstairs blowing him.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Jan 2022 12.52pm)

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