tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8095078589616034598..comments2024-03-18T21:55:56.412-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Tony Blair Unveils His DefenceThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-88554384654266514492016-05-26T14:26:01.611-07:002016-05-26T14:26:01.611-07:00Correction:
ELEMENTS of British and American gover...Correction:<br />ELEMENTS of British and American governments PERFECTLY estimated the chaos that would arise during the occupation.<br />This was no "accident"...<br />A..nonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38435293548693870572016-05-25T19:16:46.568-07:002016-05-25T19:16:46.568-07:00Blair will, unfortunately, never stand for trial....Blair will, unfortunately, never stand for trial.<br />The best we can hope for is that he will have to travel as Henry Kissinger with an escort of international lawyers.<br />Were there a god he would see Blair travel to Chile and to be arrested for crimes against humanity!<br />We can only wish.<br />Is it possible that a convicted Blair could see a small reduction in pissed of Iraqis and Afghans and a little less ME violence?<br /><br />TrailblazerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-40546987896957529552016-05-25T09:57:39.685-07:002016-05-25T09:57:39.685-07:00I had forgotten about that resolution. I expect yo...I had forgotten about that resolution. I expect you're right. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-31967977804712585442016-05-25T09:39:16.097-07:002016-05-25T09:39:16.097-07:00I think Blair's Achilles' Heel, should he ...<br />I think Blair's Achilles' Heel, should he ever stand trial, is the Security Council resolution Britain tabled and then withdrew immediately prior to the invasion.<br /><br />The resolution sought Security Council authorization for launching the war, a tacit admission that the Brits knew that attacking Iraq without it would be seen as a war crime.<br /><br />Bush/Cheney didn't want Blair seeking that further authorization. They wanted to pretend that SC resolution 1441 authorized war, no matter that it plainly didn't. <br /><br />When Blair, realizing that the Security Council would reject the resolution, withdrew it, his goose was cooked. After that, all he had to fall back on was the "it was the right thing to do" defence. That sets Blair's supposed notion of what's right as overruling international law. That might work - if the war is quick and completely successful. Unfortunately for Blair that didn't quite happen.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84643726692427584342016-05-25T09:27:42.742-07:002016-05-25T09:27:42.742-07:00No, asshole, you just wilfully and criminally chos...No, asshole, you just wilfully and criminally chose not to pay any attention to the multitude of people who actually knew precisely what would happen and said so many, many, many times. <br /><br />Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-7245743536099933032016-05-25T09:13:11.006-07:002016-05-25T09:13:11.006-07:00It's too bad the Brits can't add GW (Gomer...It's too bad the Brits can't add GW (Gomer) Bush to their Inquiry. Tobynoreply@blogger.com