Tony Blair scrutinised
Tony Blair the militarist.
Members of the British public express an appraisal of Tony Blair's legacy of war.
“Beginning wars is relatively easy; it’s ending them that’s hard.” Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister
Talking about the run up to the Iraq invasion:
"…it is hard at this point to say that the nature of the WMD threat specific to Iraq had changed demonstrably in the last few years. It was the assessment of risk that had." Tony Blair
After the invasion of Iraq:
"The intelligence on Saddam and WMD turned out to be incorrect. It is said - even I have said - that how this came to be so remains a mystery." Tony Blair
"The first victim of war is truth." Rudyard Kipling
"In February 2003, a million people marched in London against the war. There had never been a larger demonstration, reminding me of my isolation and responsibility of the decision I was about to take" Tony Blair
A subtle misunderstanding between Tony Blair who believes he was elected to rule the British people and the British electorate who believe he was elected to represent them, produces a tragic out come of war.
Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.” Jean Anouilh
LEGAL CASE
Tony Blair makes a legal case for going to war in conjunction with the United Nations (UN), against Iraq because of its weapon of mass destruction (WMD) although this is based on thin if not distorted evidence. Not unexpectedly the weapon of mass destruction (WMD) were not found in Iraq after the invasion. Also, Blair does not seem take into consideration that the West was previously selling weapons to Saddam Hussein and further that the West has its own weapons of mass destruction.
MORAL CASE
Tony Blair makes a moral case for going to war against Iraq, that is about Saddam Hussein being bad, involved with torture and injustices. However he has no criticism against the torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Bagram detention camp, Abograde prison, and other notorious prisons and or incidences of these crimes of torture by the US with allegedly British 'Intelligent' Services complicity in some cases, rendering his augment invalid if not hypocritical. Also the above victims of torture apart from being held illegally are not given the opportunity to defend themselves in proper trails, or on the other hand treated as Prisoners of War under the Geneva Convention.
Tony Blair wants to spread democracy with violence but at the same time prides himself on going to war against the will of the people of Britain who aspire for a peaceful world, because he is ruler and knows war is best, not a very democratic way of thinking, if not dictatorial.
Members of the British public express an appraisal of Tony Blair's legacy of war.
“Beginning wars is relatively easy; it’s ending them that’s hard.” Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister
Talking about the run up to the Iraq invasion:
"…it is hard at this point to say that the nature of the WMD threat specific to Iraq had changed demonstrably in the last few years. It was the assessment of risk that had." Tony Blair
After the invasion of Iraq:
"The intelligence on Saddam and WMD turned out to be incorrect. It is said - even I have said - that how this came to be so remains a mystery." Tony Blair
"The first victim of war is truth." Rudyard Kipling
"In February 2003, a million people marched in London against the war. There had never been a larger demonstration, reminding me of my isolation and responsibility of the decision I was about to take" Tony Blair
A subtle misunderstanding between Tony Blair who believes he was elected to rule the British people and the British electorate who believe he was elected to represent them, produces a tragic out come of war.
Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.” Jean Anouilh
LEGAL CASE
Tony Blair makes a legal case for going to war in conjunction with the United Nations (UN), against Iraq because of its weapon of mass destruction (WMD) although this is based on thin if not distorted evidence. Not unexpectedly the weapon of mass destruction (WMD) were not found in Iraq after the invasion. Also, Blair does not seem take into consideration that the West was previously selling weapons to Saddam Hussein and further that the West has its own weapons of mass destruction.
MORAL CASE
Tony Blair makes a moral case for going to war against Iraq, that is about Saddam Hussein being bad, involved with torture and injustices. However he has no criticism against the torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Bagram detention camp, Abograde prison, and other notorious prisons and or incidences of these crimes of torture by the US with allegedly British 'Intelligent' Services complicity in some cases, rendering his augment invalid if not hypocritical. Also the above victims of torture apart from being held illegally are not given the opportunity to defend themselves in proper trails, or on the other hand treated as Prisoners of War under the Geneva Convention.
Tony Blair wants to spread democracy with violence but at the same time prides himself on going to war against the will of the people of Britain who aspire for a peaceful world, because he is ruler and knows war is best, not a very democratic way of thinking, if not dictatorial.