Bush and Blair lied to start war with Iraq?

[SportsGuy41017]

It looks like Bush and Blair already had their minds made up to go to war with Iraq a full year before it actually started, and it looks like they were conspiring to get the support of other nations.

 

Sir John Chilcot is under mounting pressure to publish the findings of Iraq War inquiry after a leaked White House memo suggested Tony Blair pledged his support for war a full year before the invasion.

 

In the memo, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell tells President George W. Bush that Mr Blair “will be with us should military operations be necessary”.

 

It was written in March 2002, a week before the notorious Crawford summit at the President’s ranch in Texas, at which the Prime Minister publicly stated he was still “considering all the options” and proposing military action.

 

The 2002 memo, sent to Mr Bush to prepare him for the Crawford summit, states that Mr Blair will use the meeting to present “the strategic, tactical, and public affairs lines that he believes will strengthen global support for our common cause”.

 

It also states: “Mr Blair may suggest ideas on how to make a credible public case on current Iraqi threats to international peace.”

 

Five months after the summit, Mr Blair presented the notorious dossier on Saddam Hussein’s weapons capacity to Parliament, which contained the later discredited ‘45 minute claim’.

 

Responding to the leak, Mr Salmond said: “This memo is extremely damaging for Tony Blair and the net is now closing around the former Prime Minister.

 

 

Tony Blair Iraq war memo prompts fresh calls for Chilcot inquiry to be published | UK Politics | News | The Independent

[hidinout]

So if we are sick of Hillary's email already can we be sick of " Bush's fault" now ? ( JK a little sporty )

[jericho]

Whats new and who didnt already think that.

 

Its the same for every crook that becomes the POTHUS.

[NKY Bandit]

Anybody check to see if they bought stock in Bell Helicopters? Worked for LBJ.

[MayfieldFan]

Did I fall into a time warp?