To gasps from the gallery, Blair said we should be proud of the war

[IndianaGreen]

There are many good articles posted in DU by several DUers on Tony Blair's appearance at the Chilcot Inquiry. Here is another article:

To gasps from the gallery, Blair said we should be proud of the war

Shouts of 'murderer' and 'liar' as the man who took us into Iraq states his case

By Nigel Morris, Deputy Political Editor

Saturday, 30 January 2010

His voice was hoarse from six hours of questioning. But still he was unrepentant. To gasps of anger from grieving relatives Tony Blair used the final moments of his evidence to the Iraq war inquiry to justify leading Britain in one of the country's most divisive conflicts in its history.

Asked by the inquiry chairman, Sir John Chilcot, whether he had any regrets, he replied: "Responsibility but not a regret for removing Saddam Hussein. I think that he was a monster. I believe he threatened not just the region but the world. And in the circumstances that we faced then, but I think even if you look back now, it was better to deal with this threat, to remove him from office."

Sir John appealed for calm as a heckler shouted: "What, no regrets? Come on!" His voice fading, Mr Blair insisted that Britain – especially its armed forces – should feel an "immense sense of pride" over the Iraq war.

He added: "I had to take this decision as Prime Minister. It was a huge responsibility and there is not a single day that passes by that I don't reflect and think about that responsibility." He insisted that the war, which cost the lives of 179 British soldiers, was justified despite the failure to uncover any weapons of mass destruction.

Mr Blair even predicted that Western leaders might be forced to invade Iran, as it presents as serious a threat today as Iraq did under the rule of the "profoundly wicked, almost psychopathic" Saddam seven years ago.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/to-gasps-from-the-gallery-blair-said-we-should-be-proud-of-the-war-1883651.html

Blair is a war criminal!

[DavidDvorkin]

1. What exactly was the threat that Iraq posed?

Blair and Bush seem to think that reminding us how evil Saddam was is sufficient.

And will Bush ever face anything similar to this hearing? I'm sure he never will.

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[niyad]

4. it is still "gasps from the audience" even if only two. why are you trying so hard to discount the

reaction to blair's total indifference to the horror of war?

enjoy your short stay here.

[IndianaGreen]

6. Poster is another chicken hawk

who never served a day in uniform.

[niyad]

7. and apparently has only one response, as well.

[IndianaGreen]

8. and a tombstone to boot!

Sometimes the mods won't let us play with the trolls.

[IndianaGreen]

5. There was a large crowd outside QEII waiting for Blair

except they didn't know that Blair snuck in 4 hours earlier through a back door.

I didn't see you go off to war. Why not?

[90-percent]

3. Chilcot Inquiry

If Tony was not led out of the Courtroom in shackles, then this hearing is a failure, in my opinion.

Starting a War based on bullshit is treason, typically. You can only get away with it if your Country has gone over the edge, totalitarianism corpora-fascist-police-state wise.

-90% Jimmy