Chilcot Iraq Enquiry.
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Dog ate it.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
weltweit
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Iraq Inquiry: Chilcot Statement In Full
http://news.sky.com/story/1542095/iraq-inquiry-chilcot-statement-in-full
http://news.sky.com/story/1542095/iraq-inquiry-chilcot-statement-in-full
weltweit
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Didn't expect that. I wonder who he thinks he is apologising to?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Himself, for ever letting an enquiry begin.
teqniq
DisMembered
Lol yeah when I searched for it to post the above link initially I couldn't find it because of the spelling. You can change the title using the 'Thread tools' button in the top right of the page
weltweit
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Only for a time, then that option no longer appears.
All I am permitted now is to start a poll.
dylanredefined
Not a house elf a tiger
You joined in a war which didn't, need to be fought, planned and supplied it badly ,the aftermath was even worse. Sorry does not cut it.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
He's just trying to tone down the criticism of him that he's already seen in the report.
The report will not state that he agreed to war long before EMDs or dodgy dossiers came about, those materialised to justify his decision. The report should state that he agreed to war to remove Saddam and lied to come up with a semi-legal basis for the war. Of course if the report did state that the door would be open for his prosecution for war crimes, but those laws only apply to black or swarthy folk and not to permataned people.
The report will not state that he agreed to war long before EMDs or dodgy dossiers came about, those materialised to justify his decision. The report should state that he agreed to war to remove Saddam and lied to come up with a semi-legal basis for the war. Of course if the report did state that the door would be open for his prosecution for war crimes, but those laws only apply to black or swarthy folk and not to permataned people.
weltweit
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Iraq Inquiry published 'in June or July 2016' Sir John Chilcot says - BBC News
Blimey, June or July next year. This report has taken longer than WWII!
Did it have to have Maxwellisation?
Blimey, June or July next year. This report has taken longer than WWII!
Did it have to have Maxwellisation?
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Two million words!
mauvais
on reddit or something
And he never even jumped a fence on a motorbike.
mauvais
on reddit or something
Also the actual British role in Iraq took the same time as this inquiry - six years and a month - so he could have literally recreated and replayed the entire thing on a real time basis, like Michael Buerk's 999 meets Jack Bauer's 24 meets BBC Parliament meets one of those informative 80s videos about kids flying a kite next to a power line. Think of the fucking boxset that would make!
But he didn't did he, the workshy cunt.
But he didn't did he, the workshy cunt.
likesfish
You can't park here sir
I'm sure for cash we could find some apartheid era south africans for cash who'd swear el tone savior of the middle east
was officially swarthy now so the war crime trials are back on 
Anyone in need of halloween masks only needs to photocopy recent photographs of Tony Blair's face. He frightens me with his appearance these days, looking really sinister.
weltweit
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Blimey, I would have done it for half that!
BandWagon
Life's a bitch and then you die...
Yes, that was a good article.
BandWagon
Life's a bitch and then you die...
The calculation Blair made was probably this: that if, as he assumed, the invasion of Iraq was successful and the aftermath provided a path to stability and democracy, then he would have been lauded. Thatcher had had a successful war and had reaped the benefits so he thought he could have too. The problem was that it was a complete mess, which was something that he didn't expect.
weltweit
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Thatcher's war was a simpler premise, the Argentinians had invaded British soil, she had only two options, roll over and accept it or take action. And as I understand it her military leaders were quite positive about taking action.
Blair had no need to invade Iraq, it did not threaten Britain in any cohesive way, his calculation was much less clear but I think he wanted to remain at the global table playing with the big boys.
BandWagon
Life's a bitch and then you die...
All true. Still, if the Iraq war had had a good outcome - as he expected - then he would have had a very good result.
gosub
~#
Well,he could have guessed it was going to be a mess when Rumsfeld threw away the development plans the US State Department and FCO had been working on (which Claire Short resigned over) before the invasion happened, instead he carried on saying it was in the UK interests to be involved as that way we could help shape things.
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
He should have seen that the plan to dismantle the Iraqi military and police (which he must have known about) would lead only to chaos and destruction.
gosub
~#
That was a fuckup decided on by Bremer (and possibly Cheney) after we had boots on the ground
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