http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/2009/12/so-blair-would-have-invaded-iraq-anyway/ Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/2009/12/so-blair-would-have-invaded-iraq-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Jason Collett Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:16:39 +0000 http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/?p=512#comment-194 Don't be vague - help get Blair to the Hague Don’t be vague – help get Blair to the Hague

]]> http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/2009/12/so-blair-would-have-invaded-iraq-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Jeremy Sutcliffe Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:37:07 +0000 http://www.michaelmeacher.info/weblog/?p=512#comment-193 Blair's admission that he would have done it anyway crosseas a significant tipping point. Until now it has always been possible to believe that, at the end of the day, as the person bearing ultimate responsibility for the safety of the country, there was a fear that, even on the slightest of evidence, there was a danger he could not avoid and therfore had to act. The new admission strips away even that "excuse" and having stripped it away reveals a calculated deception of even his closest colleagues whom he persuaded to support him. His exploitation of that trust is appalling. Blair’s admission that he would have done it anyway crosseas a significant tipping point. Until now it has always been possible to believe that, at the end of the day, as the person bearing ultimate responsibility for the safety of the country, there was a fear that, even on the slightest of evidence, there was a danger he could not avoid and therfore had to act.
The new admission strips away even that “excuse” and having stripped it away reveals a calculated deception of even his closest colleagues whom he persuaded to support him.
His exploitation of that trust is appalling.

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