July 6, 2016
ALL THAT REALLY MATTERED...
'World is a better place without Saddam,' Tony Blair justifies Iraq War (Deutsche-Welle, 7/06/16)
In 2002, Blair told former US President George W. Bush that he would support him in the run-up to the invasion. In a note from Blair to Bush written on July 28 2002, the summer before the invasion of Iraq, Blair wrote: "I will be with you, whatever. But this is the moment to assess bluntly the difficulties. The planning on this and the strategy are the toughest yet."Blair said in his 2002 note to Bush that getting rid of Saddam was "the right thing to do", adding: "He is a potential threat. He could be contained. But containment... Is always risky. His departure would free up the region. And his regime is...brutal and inhumane."
..was that he refused to let his people govern themselves and our resulting sanctions were killing innocent people.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 6, 2016 6:42 PM