Blair appears to have become a compulsive liar like Bush

[jmatthan]

I do not know how many of you watched Prime Minister's Question Time last week in the British Parliament when Blair was questioned about the redeployment of the British Black Watch troops.

Blair said that they reason they were likely to be reployed was because they had some "special skills" which the American forces lacked!!

Now we find out that the British troops are only being redeployed so as to free American troops so that they can be moved to Fallujah - no "special skills" involved here!!

It appears that, like Bush, Blair has become a compulsive liar unable to tell a single line in truth - the only difference being he has the power oif his verbal skills in doing it, unlike Bush!!

Have not seen any British newspapers hammer him on this as yet!

Jacob Matthan
Oulu, Finland

[H2O Man]

1. Blair = compulsive liar

Bush = repulsive liar

[CoffeeAnnan]

2. But Uncle Leo told them both it is OK to lie.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. I disagree about "compulsive liar". . . "Arselicker" is more like it.

"Yankee Poodle Tony" Blair has sucked up to every American President since he became PM of the UK.


:evilgrin:

[AP]

4. Special skill: well trained, and have all equipment they need.

The US could use some of that.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. The Black Watch may have sufficient training

but plenty of the British Territorial Army out there doesn't:

1,000 Territorial Army soldiers failed gun test

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=574859

Nearly 1,000 Territorial Army soldiers were sent to fight in Iraq despite failing their weapons test, a court martial heard today.

See disscussion in http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=924184

And British equipment has been just as lacking as American in Iraq:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1359712003

The admission, in the long-awaited defence white paper, coincided with the publication of a damning report on the handling of the war in Iraq and an accusation from the chairman of an influential Commons committee that British troops in Iraq had been "shamefully let down" by the government.

The report, published by the National Audit Office (NAO), described the campaign in Iraq as a significant military success but lambasted the government for sending troops into combat without adequate equipment, including weapons, ammunition, body armour and medical supplies.

The findings were described by Edward Leigh, the chairman of the Commons public accounts committee, as an "outrage".

"We expect the men and women of the armed forces to fight and maybe die for us. So it is an outrage that they could not expect all of the proper equipment, protection and even clothing to do the job we ask of them. They were shamefully let down," he said.

[sweetheart]

6. Frontline combat unit

Most of the US forces deployed in iraq are not combat units.
Black watch is, and that is why he said that.

As well, the argument goes, that realpolitik in iraq dictates
that the allied forces that occupy the country share the
burden... and that the british have it easy as the south
of the country is not near as problematic as the areas the USA
is patrolling. As long as we're deployed in a joint military
operation, allies have obligations to share the load.

There is the well founded theory that the british areas of iraq are
much safer due to the british policy of using positive reinforcement
rather than deadly force to engage the local population... and many
british newspapers are pissed off that the american forces abusive
tendency to shoot civilians and mass murder with bombs creates
the very horror they claim to be fighting... and that british
soldiers will now be put in the line of fire and associated with
the war crimes of the american forces.

Black watch is as crack as they come, a perthshire regiment
(scotland north of edinburgh - where ewan macgregor (young 0bi wan)
is from). There is the hope that they will be able to reverse the
american nightmare by being impeccable, as they've been in the
south of the country.

I wish them godspeed, that they return home to bonnie scotland safely.