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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 10:23 AM
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Blair Tells Iraq Critics 'I'd Do It Again'
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3532848

BOURNEMOUTH, England (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair told anti-war critics in his ruling Labor Party on Tuesday he would "take the same decision again" to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Blair, whose trust ratings have plunged since the overthrow of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, conceded his decision to join the war had hurt, angered and disappointed many of his supporters.

"Iraq has divided the international community. It has divided the party, the country, families, friends," he told delegates at the annual Labor Party Conference.

"I know many people profoundly believe the action we took was wrong," Blair said. "I ask just one thing: attack my decision but at least understand why I took it and why I would take the same decision again."
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 10:30 AM
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1. Bush* Still Blackmailiing You 'eh Blair?
> I would take the same decision again

no we still don't understand why, but we can make some educated guesses.
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cspiguy Donating Member (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 10:31 AM
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2. they say one indication of insanity is
trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results. (Kinda like tax cuts)
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jmatthan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 10:31 AM
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3. That is why
he has to be removed NOW and put on trial for War Crimes.

Jacob Matthan
Oulu, Finland
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Aidoneus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 10:32 AM
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4. arrest him, then
if I killed thousands of people and said I'd do it again, what would happen to me? Statist bureaucrats have all the perks.
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amberdisc Donating Member (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 10:35 AM
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5. Blair is a pathological liar anyway. n/t
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 10:37 AM
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6. dupe
This is a story about Blair's remarks to delegates at the annual Labor Party Conference, and different articles have different leads on the same story.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=137557
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 10:41 AM
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7. He likes to fullfill the "Biblical Revelations".....its is a power high!!!
I had a conversation with my brother 12 years ago about the possibility of someone in the world attempting to fullfill the prophesies of the Revelations and how dangerous this could be.

He said that this could happen and due to the hypnotic vulnerability
of the religious orders, this was going to be most likely at the
turn of the millenium.
I never dreamed in a million years that Bush and Blair would be the instigators.

The irony is that very few in the world are falling for this scam.

And they are laughing at them instead of with them.

Such a sad bunch of suckers.
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