Reply #: Even more serious: get Blair IMPEACHED [View All]

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See: http://www.impeachblair.org

Although the "Latest News" section of the site is somewhat dated, some may find that the site's position paper "A Case to Answer" contains useful research relevant to the case against Shrub. Brief excerpt:

Entering into a secret agreement with the President of the United States:

202. According to Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British ambassador to the United States, the Prime Minister was aware that the US would invade Iraq during the term of the first Bush administration from 20 September 2001. The Prime Minister and President Bush had dinner on that date at the White House, which Meyer also attended. Meyer's account was contained in an article in Vanity Fair:

"On Thursday, September 20, Tony Blair arrived in Washington for a meeting at the White House. Until now, many assumed his and Bush's early talks had been limited to the coming war in Afghanistan. In fact, they also spoke of Iraq. At a dinner in the White House, attended also by Colin Powell, Condi Rice, and the British ambassador to the United States, Sir Christopher Meyer, Bush made clear that he was determined to topple Saddam. 'Rumors were already flying that Bush would use 9/11 as a pretext to attack Iraq,' Meyer remembers. 'On the one hand, Blair came with a very strong message-don't get distracted; the priorities were al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, the Taliban. Bush said, "I agree with you, Tony. We must deal with this first. But when we have dealt with Afghanistan, we must come back to Iraq."'"

203. On 29 January 2002, President Bush declared in his State of the Union address that Iraq was part of an "axis of evil". This was followed up by explicit commitments in public to effect a change in the Iraqi leadership. On 4 April 2002, he told British journalist Trevor Macdonald:

"I made up my mind that Saddam needs to go. That's about all I'm willing to share with you. <…> I'm confident that we can lead a coalition to pressure Saddam Hussein and to deal with Saddam Hussein."

204. This was followed up by President Bush's statement at a press conference with Tony Blair in Crawford, Texas on 6 April 2002. He said:

"I explained to the Prime Minister that the policy of my government is the removal of Saddam and that all options are on the table."