Blair: Removal of Saddam Hussein "right"

The question is Mr Blair, would you still try to remove Saddam if Irak didn't have oil? Probably not! Why wasn't Saddam a threat during his war with Iran? Why wasn't Saddam a threat when he killed kurds in Halabja? Saddam became a threat when he refused to listen to you and Bush. All of the sudden Saddam became a dangerous man to his neighbours. Unfortunately for the UK and the US the world is not as dumb and gullible as you thought. You and Mr Bush are the real dictators.

Who the hell does this man think he is?first he helps the empire to attack the FRY which was also illegal and then thinks he has the God given right to remove leaders of other nations,what i would like to know is what does one have to do to qualify as a war criminal? killing thousands and setting fire to other peoples countries obviously isn't enough.

Yes, but does that really justify the death of 1 million Iraqi civilians, 2 million Iraqi civilians immigrating, making unemployment go up to 65%+ and making it so anyone could get blown up or kidnapped for just walking down the street?

No state has the "right" to remove the government of another state, no matter how reprehensible that government may be. Even though very few Iraqis truly lamented the death of Hussein, an even smaller few believe countries like the US and UK had the right to do so. This makes a mockery out of an already weakened international system, justifies that at the end of the day "might makes right" continues to define international relations, and puts two countries that would have wanted to be seen as "liberators" to a state and a region into the category of "neo-imperialists". At the time, I openly supported the US invasion of Iraq and derided its critics and skeptics. It didn't take long for me to realize everything was a ruse and justifications were changed like the wind. MikeC is absolutely right. Saddam's tyrannical rule wasn't a threat to us as long as it benefitted our interests. When he went counter to our interests (as most of our alliances with rogue entities often do), he suddenly became a threat and needed to be removed.

Former Joint Intelligence Committee chief Sir John Scarlett told the Iraq inquiry this week that there had been "absolutely no conscious intention to manipulate the language or to obfuscate or to create a misunderstanding as to what this might refer to".

Blair is set to be the key witness to the Iraq inquiry, which is looking at the whole build-up to the war and its conduct and aftermath

B92

It's common knowledge that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was always based on a series of lies.It is the same lies that Blair used for the bombing of Serbia and its break-up.

Everyone also knows that the conclusion of the inquiry will be along the lines of "mistakes were made,everyone acted in good faith, but no-one is to blame".

Bottom line is thousands of dead Iraqis demand justice and Blair Bush and all the other scumers involved must be brought before an international criminal court if another Iraq is to be avoided in the future.

The lap poodle of Dshorsh Dubya spoken.

In that case the best thing for world peace, one of the best actions that can be taken... is the removal of blair in the UK and the removal of the Republican and Democratic party in the US.

It would have been right to remove Tony Blair and George Bush.

If you think about it; what else could he say? He certainly would not confess his mistakes then there would be calls for him to be sent to trial. He is partially responsible for the death of 500,000 children resulting from the sanctions on Iraq plus the 100,000+ during and after the invasion. No wonder he has become religious, but there is a special place for him in the afterlife. Hope he talks his suntan lotion, it supposed to be very hot there and I’m not talking about the West Indies either.

Blair, Clinton, Bush etc. are the true monsters of our time. They called Saddam the butcher of Baghdad and Milosevic the butcher of Balkans but they had nothing on the real butchers.

Who killed and mamed more? Who destroyed more?

Nothing compares to our democratic leaders. They are true winners of Lucifer prize of war.

Who the hell does this man think he is?first he helps the empire to attack the FRY which was also illegal and then thinks he has the God given right to remove leaders of other nations,what i would like to know is what does one have to do to qualify as a war criminal? killing thousands and setting fire to other peoples countries obviously isn't enough.

The question is Mr Blair, would you still try to remove Saddam if Irak didn't have oil? Probably not! Why wasn't Saddam a threat during his war with Iran? Why wasn't Saddam a threat when he killed kurds in Halabja? Saddam became a threat when he refused to listen to you and Bush. All of the sudden Saddam became a dangerous man to his neighbours. Unfortunately for the UK and the US the world is not as dumb and gullible as you thought. You and Mr Bush are the real dictators.

The lap poodle of Dshorsh Dubya spoken.

In that case the best thing for world peace, one of the best actions that can be taken... is the removal of blair in the UK and the removal of the Republican and Democratic party in the US.

It would have been right to remove Tony Blair and George Bush.

If you think about it; what else could he say? He certainly would not confess his mistakes then there would be calls for him to be sent to trial. He is partially responsible for the death of 500,000 children resulting from the sanctions on Iraq plus the 100,000+ during and after the invasion. No wonder he has become religious, but there is a special place for him in the afterlife. Hope he talks his suntan lotion, it supposed to be very hot there and I’m not talking about the West Indies either.

Former Joint Intelligence Committee chief Sir John Scarlett told the Iraq inquiry this week that there had been "absolutely no conscious intention to manipulate the language or to obfuscate or to create a misunderstanding as to what this might refer to".

Blair is set to be the key witness to the Iraq inquiry, which is looking at the whole build-up to the war and its conduct and aftermath

B92

It's common knowledge that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was always based on a series of lies.It is the same lies that Blair used for the bombing of Serbia and its break-up.

Everyone also knows that the conclusion of the inquiry will be along the lines of "mistakes were made,everyone acted in good faith, but no-one is to blame".

Bottom line is thousands of dead Iraqis demand justice and Blair Bush and all the other scumers involved must be brought before an international criminal court if another Iraq is to be avoided in the future.

No state has the "right" to remove the government of another state, no matter how reprehensible that government may be. Even though very few Iraqis truly lamented the death of Hussein, an even smaller few believe countries like the US and UK had the right to do so. This makes a mockery out of an already weakened international system, justifies that at the end of the day "might makes right" continues to define international relations, and puts two countries that would have wanted to be seen as "liberators" to a state and a region into the category of "neo-imperialists". At the time, I openly supported the US invasion of Iraq and derided its critics and skeptics. It didn't take long for me to realize everything was a ruse and justifications were changed like the wind. MikeC is absolutely right. Saddam's tyrannical rule wasn't a threat to us as long as it benefitted our interests. When he went counter to our interests (as most of our alliances with rogue entities often do), he suddenly became a threat and needed to be removed.

Yes, but does that really justify the death of 1 million Iraqi civilians, 2 million Iraqi civilians immigrating, making unemployment go up to 65%+ and making it so anyone could get blown up or kidnapped for just walking down the street?

Blair, Clinton, Bush etc. are the true monsters of our time. They called Saddam the butcher of Baghdad and Milosevic the butcher of Balkans but they had nothing on the real butchers.

Who killed and mamed more? Who destroyed more?

Nothing compares to our democratic leaders. They are true winners of Lucifer prize of war.