Britain broke international law when it invaded Iraq in 2003-Blair's deputy prime minister Prescott

[malaise]

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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/10/john-prescott-uk-broke-international-law-by-invading-iraq-in-2003
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Britain broke international law when it invaded Iraq in 2003, its deputy prime minister at the time, John Prescott, said on Sunday in the wake of the Chilcot report’s criticism of the decision.

A seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday that former British prime minister Tony Blair’s justification, planning and handling of the Iraq war involved a catalogue of failures, but did not rule whether the war was legal.

Eight months before the 2003 invasion, Blair told US president George W Bush: “I will be with you, whatever.”

Prescott, writing in the Sunday Mirror newspaper, said he had now changed his view on the legality of the war and criticised Blair for stopping his ministers from fully discussing in advance whether it would be legal.

“In 2004, the UN secretary general Kofi Annan said that as regime change was the prime aim of the Iraq war, it was illegal. With great sadness and anger, I now believe him to be right,” Prescott wrote.

“I will live with the decision of going to war and its catastrophic consequences for the rest of my life,” he added.


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They made up shit to destroy Kofi - get these people in prison

[WhiteTara]

1. I hope he lives it from the inside

of a jail cell.

[Rex]

2. Yeah and he should feel lucky, some folks never got to have a 'rest of their life'.

Prison. Off with them all.

[malthaussen]

3. Changed his mind, eh?

Let's give him a lollipop.

-- Mal

[malaise]

7. Yep - funny how we got it right

from day one

[malthaussen]

8. Oh, but we didn't have all the facts.

I'm sure if we'd known what they knew, we'd have been all for it.

No, wait, that doesn't work, otherwise he wouldn't be changing his mind. Well, I guess he didn't know what he knew when he thought he knew it, but now he knows. You know?

-- Mal

[malaise]

9. IF they weren't shameless they'd all

find a cliff and jump collectively

[Skittles]

4. so did America

[malaise]

6. Yes indeed

Bush and Cheney led the way

[pangaia]

5. Well, at least he will be alive. That's more than he can say for a lot of others.