Blair defends Iraq war, downplays 2002 memo

[cynatnite]

LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday defended the war in Iraq, and brushed off a new question about a government memo that suggested Washington had been determined to justify the invasion.

“I was glad that we took the action we did,” Blair told the House of Commons when asked about the so-called Downing Street memo. His comments came a day after President Bush rejected suggestions that Washington set a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and urged patience.

According to the leaked minutes of a July 23, 2002, meeting between Blair and top government officials at his Downing Street office, Sir Richard Dearlove, then chief of Britain’s intelligence service, said the White House viewed military action against Saddam Hussein as inevitable.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8402894/

[jeff30997]

1. You can't spell Blair without L.I.A.R.

Damn poodle !:banghead:

[TahitiNut]

2. “I was glad" is NOT a defense.

Imagine. Charlie Manson acquitted because he said he was "glad" that the Tate/LaBianca murders went so well. Ted Bundy acquitted because he said he was "glad" his victims were dead.

It's a complete perversion of representative democracy ... where the question is whether the PEOPLE are satisfied.

[LightningFlash]

3. Caught on the record, Tony the LIAR.

Sing asshole about all your PNAC partners in crime, and maybe only 20 years in the slammer is ahead for you violating every damn UN provision and international LAW.

:banghead: :banghead: Get your ass over to Rumsfailed's cell! Oh I forgot, this is United Kingdom....