Not reported much apart from little snippets, is this nugget from the newspaper El Mundo in Spain. The article looks to be subscription only so here is what the People had to say.
Tony Blair has blamed weak political leadership for the war in Afghanistan being unpopular. The ex-PM claimed more people would support military action if they understood the threat posed by Islamic extremism. His apparent swipe at Gordon Brown came after he was asked why so many Brits opposed sending troops. He replied:
“Because what is needed is a very strong political leadership which knows how to explain to people the danger. We are not at war with the people of a country. We are fighting with them for liberation. The Taliban are still there. If we do not defeat them, they will again become as powerful as they were before September 11.”
Mr Blair hit out in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Mundo, which he gave last year but has only just been published following his appearance at the Chilcot Inquiry.He said Britain should be prepared to fight terrorism wherever it appeared, denying Afghanistan could become a new Vietnam.
I don’t normally agree with Tony Blair, but this is one exception and I also believe that this time he is telling the truth.
Time for Change.
People.co.uk – BLAST AT ‘WEAK’ PM.
Liar?
I asked on Friday if Blair was Slick, self-Righteous or Sincere, well according to the Mail on Sunday 8 out of 10 people think he is just a plain Liar.
More details below:
BPIX poll results
Chilcot war Inquiry: We STILL think Blair lied, say 8 out of 10 | Mail Online.
Just two years ago at the first chance Westminster had to debate Iraq My wife and I wrote this:
As usual Mr Blair shows his contempt and utter cowardice by not attending the Commons for an Iraq Debate. In fact the last time he attended was to declare War.
This is Blair’s utter contempt for this country and his utter cowardice.
My wife’s words are as follows.
“Tony Blair has no honour left, and to avoid leading the debate while troops are there and in Afghanistan is DISGUSTING!
But then, what is worse is the fact that he can’t even tell us what he is going to do because it is probably part of Gordon Brown’s 100 day decree’s from upon high.
Our soldiers are out there undermanned, under equipped and the treasury won’t even cough up for decent armoured vehicles to keep them safe.
Demanding a withdrawal by a pre arranged date which the Libdems seem to have pulled out of the sky, smacks of opportunism and a lack of thought about the soldiers there or the people of Iraq. But still they would have thought about the headline!
So Labour in limbo for political gain and surprise surprise the Libdems doing the same!”
In case Mr Blair has forgotten or has something more important to do here is a list of those who have been heroes for Britain, but will never have the opportunity to debate on Iraq with anyone again.
British Deaths in Iraq
Today as Blair tells is story to the Chilcott Inquiry nothing has changed.
If you want to hear the story could I suggest the Telegraph’s Lie Detector.
Blair Cowardice – Britain’s Shame | Fitaloon at MicroShaft.
According to Sir David Omand, Tony Blair’s former Security Coordinator, some intelligence figures were “queasy” about publishing intelligence details.
The 45-minute claim was put in late and
“at least that was something the secret service would allow to be used”.
“With hindsight one can see that adding a bit of local colour like that is asking for trouble,”
So we went to war on the basis of “A bit of local Colour”
Kind of describes this whole Labour Government and the lies it is based upon.
BBC News – Iraq inquiry: 45-minute claim ‘asking for trouble’.
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