Parliamentary whitewash of Blair?s lies on Iraq falls flat

[LauraK]

The Foreign Affairs Committee has turned verbal cartwheels in its efforts to absolve Prime Minister Tony Blair from the direct charge of having lied about Iraq?s possession of weapons of mass destruction and dragging Britain into an illegal US-led war. But while it has provided Blair, his spin-doctor Alastair Campbell and other top personnel with room to wriggle, it has singly failed to let them off the hook.

The FAC?s verdict issued July 7 would not have been so accommodating to the government if Labour MPs did not dominate it?and if the opposition members from the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats had not been so politically spineless. But much of what it says is still embarrassing for Blair.

Its report, ?The Decision to Go to War in Iraq?, does its utmost to put the best gloss on the government?s actions and intentions. It hails the fact that ?unlike previous conflicts, the war in Iraq took place only after a substantive vote in parliament, a development which we welcome? and claims that the decision to go to war was ?based on intelligence information?another welcome innovation by the government...?. <cut

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jul2003/facs-j09.shtml

[Erika]

1. Bush & Blair teamed Up on their Lies.

There was NO imminent danger...Blair and W plain flat lied!