[Peace-discuss] None so blind...

[Anthony Pomonis]

No mention of the "45 Minute" claim which was used as a reason for Britain's
original involvement...which MI8 got from a cabbie.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/jan/29/iraq-war-inquiry-tonyblair



On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:25 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:

>        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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