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

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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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Oblomov16 · 06/07/2016 13:51

Hardly surprising. The report doesn't go far enough in its criticisms (ie Blair) and Blair is still denying everything.
What a waste of time and money. How long did we wait for this?

MangoMoon · 06/07/2016 13:18

Have been looking for threads on this - I expected loads tbh.

Tony Blair is still in arrogant denial.

Sad, sad, sad outcome yet not at all a shock.

Hundreds of thousands dead and injured, millions of lives ruined, our own servicemen & women betrayed - and all for his ego.

Auti · 06/07/2016 13:07

It's a sad irony so few have commented on Chilcot so far.

I marched with 2 million others on the Stop the War march in London, February 15th 2003.

By the time I had found my coach home on Park Lane, B'Lair was on the radio downplaying and dismissing the March, a month later the invasion of Iraq began.

Now from the Chilcot report its clear...
''On 28 July 2002, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair assured US President George W Bush he would be with him "whatever".''

As of October 2006, The Lancet '' estimated 654,965 excess deaths related to the war, or 2.5% of the population

Lord knows how many have been killed in the 10 years since. Only this week Iraq waw worst bombing since invasion with 250 deaths

Iraq's agony continues. But worse it has spread to Syria and on and on to the myriad of terrorist attacks which were born of the illegal invasion of Iraq.

What B'Lair and Bush did is very much alive today.

It is good the truth finally came out, still I just feel horribly sad at how unnecessary it all was.

mamamea · 06/07/2016 12:35

It says that Blair is an evil warmongering shitstain cunt who would burn in hell.

NigellasGuest · 06/07/2016 12:31

so some of the Labour MPs who resigned recently are connected to this? (reading 99percentchocolate's post)

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zabuzabu · 04/07/2016 06:37

Ok, thanks for explaining!

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Asprilla11 · 04/07/2016 04:44

I believe Jeremy Corbyn is waiting for this before agreeing to step down, he wants to have his say in Westminster and possibly call Blair a war criminal.

It is an important report because most of the MP's, from all parties, voted yes to the war based on the truthfullness of Blair and his all allies reports on WMD's, if those reports were false then MP's were duped in to voting yes, as was the public who decided it was for the best.

Hidingtonothing · 04/07/2016 04:31

Except that the ICC have said that it is outside its remit to investigate the decision to invade so it's focus is actually possible abuse by the troops rather than those who gave the orders. They don't call Blair Teflon Tony for nothing Angry

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zabuzabu · 04/07/2016 04:29

Ah!

I thought indictment could only happen in the USA

Blush
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99percentchocolate · 04/07/2016 04:22

There is speculation that Blair and several other Labour MPs could be indicted for war crimes.
(Hence all the cabinet resignations in the last 7 days)