God bless Tony Blair.
Posted on 02/01/2010 5:43:08 PM PST by GOP_Lady
The former PM reminds the world why Saddam had to go, and the lesson for Iran.
The British media are outraged that Tony Blair still does not regret toppling Saddam Hussein. Pundits from left and right are aghast that the former premier, testifying at yet another Iraq war inquiry on Friday, offered no apology for his role in deposing a man who had repeatedly invaded his neighbors and massacred his own people by the hundreds of thousands.
We're not sure what real purpose the so-called Chilcot Commission—named for its chairman, retired civil servant John Chilcot—is supposed to serve. Ostensibly, its remit is to examine how the decision to invade Iraq was made and consider the lessons learned, rather than the merits of deposing Saddam. But as with the previous two inquiries into the war, it is also political theater designed to shame Mr. Blair and other policy makers who allied Britain with America in March 2003. Judging from his six hours of testimony, it failed to achieve its end.
"The decision I took—and frankly would take again—was, if there was any possibility that he [Saddam] could develop weapons of mass destruction, we would stop him," Mr. Blair told the commission. Listening to him, we are reminded why he ranks with Margaret Thatcher as a pre-eminent statesman of postwar British politics, an achievement unlikely to be matched by the Lilliputians who seek to embarrass him.
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It should be apparent that the media lefties in Europe and the US have the same moral compass.
They are not warriors, patriots or persons of honor.
They are pretty much just TYPISTS! Wordsmiths and wussies with spell check;)
Blair does speak very clear English.
And he ain’t bothered. [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkjvagVsRI ]
I found it fascinating, too.
The man is smooth and unshakable.
Who is the woman questioner? She's called him a Bush puppet in almost every way possible, and he's held his own.
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