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So what is the Chilcot report and what are its implications?

60 replies

zabuzabu · 04/07/2016 04:20

It's been investigating the Iraq war and it's going to say Tony should't have started it, is that right?

But Tony is no longer an MP and it's all a decade ago. So what exactly is going to happen as a result?

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Auti · 06/07/2016 15:14

He makes me ashamed to be British.

Why?
2 million matched to stop him but he ignored us Angry

He and his cronies are to blame not the British people.

A4Document · 06/07/2016 15:09

It's like going back in time, with not only Blair but also spin-doctor Alistair Campbell.

MangoMoon · 06/07/2016 15:08

I want him to be asked directly to justify the fact that he knowingly sent personnel out there without proper kit, with the armed forces disgustingly under resourced & underfunded.
For years.

Moistly · 06/07/2016 15:07

I can't actually bear to watch him answer these questions. He's angry now, apparently, we're all missing the point

Chippednailvarnishing · 06/07/2016 15:06

He makes me ashamed to be British.

Moistly · 06/07/2016 15:04

I cannot believe what I'm hearing.

The war in Iraq was utterly shambolic

And there he is, wanting forgiveness with a lump in his throat and a tear in his eye

Alistair Campbell slinking away

There has to be justice for the soldiers families

redshoeblueshoe · 06/07/2016 15:00

derxa thank-you for that link

MangoMoon · 06/07/2016 14:58

He's just using smoke & mirrors over and over again.

"I ask you to think 'what if' ...."

Using the Arab Spring etc to justify his decisions with hindsight.

NOTHING AT ALL to do with the point - what happened in 2002 & 2003.

Just5minswithDacre · 06/07/2016 14:51

He's like one of those toys, that talks endlessly and monotonously when you pull a cord in its back, isn't he?

Same old self-justification.

user1466690252 · 06/07/2016 14:40

Placemarking as I wouod like to understand more.

redshoeblueshoe · 06/07/2016 14:39

I'm torn - do I carry on watching, or go and puke up.
mamaea - I totally agree.

MangoMoon · 06/07/2016 14:35

"It was the UN which was at fault".....

Aaah - ok then Tone....

FellOutOfBed2wice · 06/07/2016 14:34

Place marking as want to understand more about this.

MangoMoon · 06/07/2016 14:32

He's all choked up - glistening eyes threatening tears at any moment.

He's so fake & stage managed.

derxa · 06/07/2016 14:32

He is completely without conscience.

mamamea · 06/07/2016 14:31

His wife is also an evil piece of shit, friends of murderers, torturers and despots the world over.

redshoeblueshoe · 06/07/2016 14:30

Who gave Chilcott his Honours ?
oh yeah Tony B.
No-one will sanction him being charged. He had an advanced copy, and I'm sure he's had his legal team all over it for ages.
Now he wants to be a Brexit negotiater.

derxa · 06/07/2016 14:29

Blair is on TV now justifying everything.

kirinm · 06/07/2016 14:21

So now this report makes clear Tony Blair knew going to war in Iraq would increase terrorism (which it did) and it would destabilise the Middle East (which it has) do we finally get public support for taking refugees displaced by war and terrorism in or is that still not our problem? Hmm

Luckystar1 · 06/07/2016 14:17

I read on a thread once about a year or two ago that Blair is caught up in some pretty dodgey shit in the Middle East and is close to getting his comeuppance. Have no idea as to the truth of that statement but it will be interesting to see what the report says and whether this precipitates any 'action'.

MrsHathaway · 06/07/2016 14:12

WAIT, SHIT.

I've just realised.

It wasn't a mistake.

MrsHathaway · 06/07/2016 14:11

"I will take full responsibility for any mistakes without exception or excuse."

Yeah, of course you will, Mr Blair.

derxa · 06/07/2016 14:05

It's a sad irony so few have commented on Chilcot so far.
Hundreds of thousands dead and injured, millions of lives ruined, our own servicemen & women betrayed - and all for his ego.
Yes

Atlas15 · 06/07/2016 13:59

I really hate the fact they most media stations are only reporting the deaths of UK solidiers and are barely mentioning the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi deaths.
How is Blair not a war criminal?
This is getting downplayed too much it cannot be written off as a mistake. I grew up listening to weapons of mass destruction constantly being pounded out by the news and the fear and scaremongering that it created. And now we have Syria and Isis, it's the same story different name. Keeping people in a constant state of fear so that they can be excused for what ever they do.