US gave date of war to Britain in advance, court papers reveal (5 mo.)

[donsu]

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=576429

Secret plans for the war in Iraq were passed to British Army chiefs by US defence planners five months before the invasion was launched, a court martial heard yesterday.

The revelation strengthened suspicions that Tony Blair gave his agreement to President George Bush to go to war while the diplomatic efforts to force Saddam Hussein to comply with UN resolutions were continuing.

Alan Simpson, the leader of Labour Against the War, said the documents were "dynamite", if genuine, and showed that Clare Short was right to assert in her book, serialised in The Independent, that Mr Blair had "knowingly misled" Parliament.

The plans were revealed during the court martial of L/Cpl Ian Blaymire, 23, from Leeds, who is charged with the manslaughter of a comrade while serving in Iraq. Sgt John Nightingale, 32, a reservist from Guiseley, West Yorkshire, died after being shot in the chest on 23 September last year.
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this is the excuse:

"Because in December there was a world interest. If the UK had mobilised while all this was going on that would have shown an intent before the political process had been allowed to run its course."

The hearing was adjourned.

[Jack The Tab]

1. So much for that sham "We have no other choice" bullshit..

good god, I do hate this administration.

[prayin4rain]

2. What???!!! If this is true this is huge. Wait what am I talking nothing

matters to the Bush supporters...really it is mass insanity.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Yes, the kool-aid keeps them from digesting this sort of information.

[aquart]

4. The date depended on season.

It was the last moment when we could go to war that year and not have our men dropping from the heat. It was do it then or put it off for six months? A year? They were already mobilized and engaged in border action. It would have given Saddam time to arm.

And we knew all that. Border reports were coming in from Israeli, Arab, and Russian sources. Which is why all the diplomatic talk was absolute garbage. They were going to war and NOTHING was going to stop them.

[nine23]

5. Do not forget...

Tony Blair must bear responsibility for his role in this as well. He could've very well have changed the course of history by reeling in a certain group of retards in Washington - if he had any balls.

Next???