Blair 'desperately sorry' for Iraq war deaths: memoirs

[RamboLiberal]

Source: AFP

LONDON — Former British prime minister Tony Blair said he was "desperately sorry" over the deaths in the Iraq war, in extracts released Tuesday from his memoirs.

Blair said he was "sorry for the lives cut short", but maintained it was right to remove dictator Saddam Hussein from power, in extracts from "A Journey", his account of his decade in office.

He said the aftermath of the 2003 invasion was "terrible" and said he wept over the loss of life.

Blair said he still felt a sense of "anguish" for the relatives of those killed in the conflict.



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[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Saddam let in inspectors, was reportedly willing to leave the

country.... so Tony, really go fuck yourself.


Did Saddam accept exile offer before invasion?
Arab leaders scuttled deal aimed at avoiding war, UAE officials say
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9864433/

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saddam Hussein accepted an 11th-hour offer to flee into exile weeks ahead of the U.S.-led 2003 invasion, but Arab League officials scuttled the proposal, officials in this Gulf state claimed.
The exile initiative was spearheaded by the late president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, at an emergency Arab summit held in Egypt in February 2003, Sheik Zayed’s son said in an interview aired by Al-Arabiya TV during a documentary. The U.S.-led coalition invaded on March 19 that year.
A top government official confirmed the offer on Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
Saddam allegedly accepted the offer to try to halt the invasion and bring elections to Iraq within six months, according to the official and Sheik Zayed’s son.
“We had the final acceptance of the various parties ... the main players in the world and the concerned person, Saddam Hussein,” the son, Sheik Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said during the program aired Thursday to mark the first anniversary of his father’s death.
Saddam promised immunity
Sheik Zayed’s initiative would have given Saddam and his family exile and guarantees against prosecution in return for letting Arab League and U.N. experts run Iraq until elections could be held in six months, the official said.
“We were coming (to the summit in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort) to place the facts on the table,” said Sheik Mohammed, who is deputy chief of the Emirates armed forces and crown prince of Abu Dhabi.

[tularetom]

5. Maybe they'll throw his sorry ass in prison

out of frustration for the US letting the even bigger war criminals off scot free.

That won't look good for cheney and bush and their minions.

[cosmicone]

2. I would want Blair to be sorry in a prison for war criminals. n/t

[wtmusic]

3. Oh no Poodle, you're not sorry now.

You'll be sorry when your sentence is handed down at the Hague.

[RainDog]

4. crocodile tears from bLiar.

Blair is quilty of war crimes - just like Bush and Cheney.

I wonder if he knows who killed Dr. Kelley?

[Joe Bacon]

6. Burn in hell, Phony Tony! Burn in hell!

History will remember Blair as a sorry sleazy ass who makes Ramsay MacDonald look like Mary Poppins.

[Diane R]

7. They're always sorry. Always. McNamara was sorry too; a bit too late for 57,000 kids.

[daleo]

8. Cry me a river of crocodile tears, Tony. n/t

[russspeakeasy]

9. I hope I live long enough to see the pictures

 of his funeral...or incarceration... I'm o.k. with either
one.....

[cory777]

10. There is a place for his ass!

Uncensored Activist News http://activistnews.blogspot.com

[Amonester]

11. Who cares what tony bLiar says?

I bet that despicable liar and war criminal is not sorry for the $4,000,000.00 he cashed in as a front for his disgusting attempt to re-write history in his pathetic memoirs.

This is, only in part, what he is guilty of: http://antiwar.com/casualties/

[Swagman]

12. wept all the way to the bank

[iamtechus]

13. The Great XXXXX Robbery

Bush, Blair, Cheney and all of their complicit associates remind one of a criminal gang that has pulled a big heist and who will probably get away with it if they can all just shut up and lay low. But, there is always a weak sister (Blair?, Cheney?) who can't keep their mouth shut.

[Javaman]

14. "Terribly sorry, old chum, my bad. More tea?"

fuck you tony. you rolled over.

[Solly Mack]

15. Bullshit

[bherrera]

16. Blair = CIA Agent

Only a man on the US payroll would do as he did. May he burn in hell.

[truebrit71]

17. Bollocks. He has become more wealthy than he could ever imagine..

...he cares not a jot about those lives he destroyed..He is a war criminal end of story..

[raccoon]

18. So, Tony, why doncha become a monk and assist the poor and disabled in Iraq? nt