Sir John Major criticises Tony Blair over Iraq war

[demoleft]

Source: bbc

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has criticised Tony Blair's handling of the Iraq war and his presentation of the case for invasion in March 2003.

Sir John said he had reluctantly backed the war because he believed what Mr Blair had said as prime minister.
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"The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change."

Sir John said concerns about the Iraq war needed to be addressed if the public's trust in politics was going to be restored.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8437422.stm

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good morning, mr major.
did you sleep well?

the guardian, on the same:
John Major dismisses Blair's Iraq war reasoning
Major criticised Blair's handling of the war and his presentation of the case for invasion in March 2003. He said the Chilcott inquiry into the Iraq war was raising serious questions about the justification for the invasion and whether the government knew at the time that Saddam Hussein no longer had weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Major dismissed the argument recently put forward by Blair that the Iraqi dictator was a bad man and needed to be removed.

Major said it now seemed there were doubts before the invasion about WMD in Iraq. "The suspicion arises that this was more about regime change than it was about weapons of mass destruction," he said.

Major said he wanted to know whether the cabinet had known about those doubts before the decision to take military action. Doubts about the motivation for the war had done more damage to trust in the UK political system than the MPs' expenses scandal, he said.

source: the guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/02/john-major-dismisses-blair-iraq

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[mulsh]

12. "he ran away from the circus to become...

a fucking accountant" said Billy Connolley of Thatcher's little butt boy. An apt description of his ilk.

[Solly Mack]

14. It was rather like one poodle calling the other poodle "bad dog"

[bruneiyuki143]

15. circus

the circus is a fun place to be i wonder why he could have gone to disneyland instead rather than hiding from prime ministers skirt

[IndianaGreen]

18. At least John Major was not a war criminal like Tony Blair

His hands are clean.

[Ghost Dog]

2. The Catholic Church will probably not, in this case,

be able to rehabilitate this particular example

of the eternally, by all humankind, damned.

:thumbsdown:

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[Ghost Dog]

16. I speak of human judgement,

of human tribal judgement.

These, such, people are already hanging

in the (increasingly dry, but occasionally wet) wind.

Palabra de Dios.

[Crowman1979]

3. Ha! Even the Hawkish Tories can't stand Blair!

[WhiteTara]

4. isn't Majors part of the Carlyle Group?

Sort of pot/kettle calling.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. He sure is, as is Maggie Thatcher!! n/t

[WhiteTara]

6. I'd forgotten about the Hatchet!

thanks for the reminder. She has stayed so quiet since her big pay raise.

[DemoTex]

7. The Carlyle gig was Major's reward for playing war with Poppy Bu$h (Gulf-1)

Major's hypocrisy is breathtaking.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. +100! This is breathtakingly unbelievable.

Seems coordinated too. Darth Cheney suddenly crawling out of his festering pit and then suddenly this one doing the same. :puke:

[disndat]

8. John Major Hypocrite.

Fascinating stuff. Probably jealous that Blair came out wealthier than he and Maggie.

[rurallib]

9. Uh, John, Where were you 7 years ago when this could have done some good?

[LeftishBrit]

24. Exactly!

[bruneiyuki143]

10. blair

blair should aim for the good and tight security of the nation

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. Major horseshit.

[Kolesar]

20. With ya'. PM John Major would have been more eager to attack than Tony the Poodle...eom

[Canuckistanian]

19. Thatcher's poodle attacks Bush's poodle

It's a poodlefest.

[daleo]

21. He's against it now that it's known as a complete failure

He's just whitewashing his own history.

He could have joined the rest of us during anti-war protest marches.

[Ghost Dog]

22. Major just had the usual blood on his hands,

(which is already a hell of a lot). And let's reserve Madame Hatchetjob for another thread, along with her Hollywood buddy.

The blood on Blair's hands, however, is, even taking into context the 'usual' order of things, especially obvious and especially indictable.

Put him in the dock and listen to him sing. The coward.

[LeftishBrit]

23. Quite right - but he could have said all this at a time when it might have made a difference!

[goforit]

25. Fine and dandy, but just a little late.