Blair 'had early Iraq war tip-off'

[sabra]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/PA_NEWA54649841145464024A0?source=PA%20Feed

Blair 'had early Iraq war tip-off'

Tony Blair was warned by a top diplomat to prepare for war in Iraq almost two months before the US-led invasion was finally launched, MPs heard.

Britain's former ambassador to Washington Sir Christopher Meyer said "the die was cast for war" before the Prime Minister met President Bush on January 31.

"By the time that Tony Blair came to the meeting I was saying that, absent of a coup in Iraq or Saddam suddenly deciding to go off into exile to some inhospitable place like Minsk, the die was cast for war," he told the foreign affairs committee.

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"Blair had decided that the right thing to do was to be with the President of the United States whichever decision he chose to take...to try to ensure he had the maximum influence possible."

[Barrett808]

1. He also got a "tip-off" not to support the invasion, from 11 million folks

...protesting all around the world.

[sabra]

2. glad he listened to voice of the people

:sarcasm:

[Ecumenist]

5. AMEN, Barrett808..

Selective reasoning, cherry-picking information and rewriting historical facts. Conveniently forgetting to consider what a huge plurality of the sane world was shouting to anyone who would listen.

[Burried News]

3. And David Kelley died.

[WhiteTara]

4. that is some tortured logic, Poodle!

"Blair had decided that the right thing to do was to be with the President of the United States whichever decision he chose to take...to try to ensure he had the maximum influence possible."

Yeah, we joined in the killing because we didn't want them to kill too much?
:eyes:

[baby_mouse]

6. Poodle Munchkin Child has NO INFLUENCE AT ALL.

And NEVER DID with the crazies. Do you think he knows that yet?

FOOL.