The Chilcot report on the Iraq war was published today.
Quotes:-
Sir John Chilcot: "The UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted"
Tony Blair overstated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, sent ill-prepared troops into battle and had "wholly inadequate" plans for the aftermath, the UK's Iraq War inquiry has said.
Chairman Sir John Chilcot said the 2003 invasion was not the "last resort" action presented to MPs and the public.
There was no "imminent threat" from Saddam - and the intelligence case was "not justified", he said.
Mr Blair apologised for any mistakes made but not the decision to go to war.
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>> *Ahem*
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>> www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?f=5&t=22506#forum_header
Well Robin, you should have chosen a more obvious and less cryptic thread title than the title you did choose.
Last edited by: Duncan on Wed 6 Jul 16 at 18:34
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For me, one of the most damning things from Blair's point of view is that he said to Bush two years before the invasion, "Act now, explain later."
In many ways, Blair is so much of a yesterday's man that this is all irrelevant, though I sympathise a great deal with the anguish felt by the families and friends of those killed and their wish to see Blair, who is the arch-war-criminal in their eyes, humiliated or worse.
Of course, the report should have been published years ago and it would have been more relevant then.
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...families and friends of those killed...
It's about much more than that. It's about our reputation as a fair and civilized nation that knows the moral cost of using force and employs it only when nothing else is possible. That's what Blair jeopardized by falling in with Cheney's plan for Iraq, and we're still paying the price in the Muslim world's opinion of us. Some of those who started this still don't get the irony of the phrase 'War on Terror'.
Tories needn't gloat; they'd have done it too, possibly faster.
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I don't like Tony Blair on a personal level, and I don't like his politics. Much of what he did was wrong by any standard.
But he is not an evil man. He didn't set out to do bad, he set out to do what he thought was best. Mind you, he would have claimed all the glory if he'd been praised at this point so he needs to live with the blame and criticism now he's been found at fault, at least in some areas.
Yet let us bear in mind; he was wrong at some points, I don't think he was ever evil or mal-intentioned. (that might not actually be a word, but you know what I mean).
I think Tony Blair actually has a pretty high degree of integrity. He just has a higher degree of self belief than we really want a Prime Minister to have. Especially when it outranks the rules in his own mind.
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>>Quotes:-
@ Anthony Charles Lynton Blair:
"The hand of history is weighing heavily on his conscience"
~Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond
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Just saw Jack Straw on the news
Managed to eventually slip in the word sorry during his interview but not in the context of any apology that one would normally recognise or want.
Made my skin crawl to watch him he was wholly repugnant
As always
Mark
Last edited by: Mark on Wed 6 Jul 16 at 18:58
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>> As always what?
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It sounds like a term of endearment when concluding a letter to a loved one.
Always in my heart, ...
As always, my dearest, ...
As always and evermore, ...
Of course the more formal way of concluding a letter to a forum moderator would be
I beg to remain Sir, your humble and obedient servant, ...
As ever,
Cliff
:)
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Ahhh that's precisely how it should be :-)
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I see Piers Moron tossing off about it.
Well done Piers!
Tell us about those trucks again... which led to more anti-Brit vitriol and bombings....
And weren't you, Piers, so busy fellating Tony B just months before?
Moron is a creature I'd happily smash in the face should I ever meet him.
Talk Viglen, talk phone tapping, talk being a slimy individual.
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Chilcot Report - Robin O'Reliant
