[Peace-discuss] None so blind...

[C. G. Estabrook]

	Blair Defends Iraq War, Citing 9/11
	Eyes Similar Upcoming War With Iran
	by Jason Ditz, January 29, 2010

Under cover of darkness, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived at 
Britain’s Chilcot Inquiry on the Iraq War today, using a side entrance to avoid 
the mass of antiwar protesters out front. He then delivered what was expected by 
many to be the key testimony moment of the inquiry.
Tony Blair

Incredibly, the former prime minister was totally unrepentant over the war, 
insisting that 9/11 had changed everything and speaking of the “threat” posed by 
Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction insisted “you could not take risks with 
this issue at all.”

So Blair took what was to him the non-risky route, helping the Bush 
Administration start a war that killed upwards of a million Iraqis and which, 
nearly seven years later, still sees over 100,000 international troops occupying 
the nation.

He conceded that Saddam never had anything to do with the 9/11 attacks, but 
repeatedly turned to them as proof that “religious fanatics” couldn’t be allowed 
to have WMDs. It was unclear how Saddam’s largely secular state fit in to this 
model, but he insisted that the “absolutely key issue was the WMD issue.” Of 
course, after seven years, no WMDs were ever found and most officials have 
conceded they never will be.

But Blair, ever the supporter of devastating wars “just in case,” appeared quite 
contented with his decision, to the revulsion of the parents of slain soldiers, 
who sat quietly watching as the crowds outside called for the former prime 
minister to face war crimes charges.

Not content with starting just one major war on false pretense, Blair ended his 
talk by declaring that Iraq’s neighbor Iran posed a similar threat for its also 
illusory WMDs, and urged the leaders of today to not “take any risks” with Iran 
either.

http://news.antiwar.com/2010/01/29/blair-defends-iraq-war-citing-911/

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