I have to say for a politician Tony Blair did pretty well in front of the Iraq enquiry yesterday. All his barrister training came to the fore and he put forward a pretty convincing case for his actions. I have to say I agreed with the Iraq war at the time, to take out that total son of a bitch Saddam Hussein in the name of real human rights.
The military did a brilliant job and all the doom mongers were proved wrong. But that was when the problems began. Neither Bush nor Blair had the faintest idea how to manage the peace in the cultural context of that country with its history of violence and mixed ethnic groupings. The result we see to this day and it is not obvious what the average Iraqi has gained.
But why have another enquiry into all this? Old Gordie set this one up and I think he just wanted to give Blair a tough time and embarrass him in front of the committee. If that was it I think he failed.
Look you just don’t get it ,do you? We are having an enquiry ‘cos its good for you and they know best. Also Mr Blair says the invasion was a good thing and he’s Prime Minister and his wife , who is a feminist and human rights lawyer , says so too.So thats settled. They both also agree with Al Gore that global warming is caused by you switching your lights on so thats a fact. And so does the Met Office who’s forecasts are 100% accurate. So get on board ——lets kickstart the economy with lots of enquirys and cover all of the country with windfarms. But watch out for Bird Flu——-the chief medical officer says its going to kill 5million by mid 2008