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Phaenx - I am not trying to argue in this thread about the validity of the war, or if Iraq was breaking UN resolutions on chemical weapons.
While I do not believe that US Military rule is good for Iraq, I completely accept that Saddam Hussain was rotten, corrupt, unpopular, and a murderer. Going to war to liberate Iraq from Saddam Hussain would be accepted as a valid reason by many people.
I am not even disputing that there is some evidence that Iraq was breaking the rules enforced after the previous Gulf War, and that they may have had the intention to build chemical weapons.
What I am saying, and what is true, is that the 45 minute claim - the claim made in Blair's Dodgy Dossier, that Iraq could launch chemical weapons at 45 minutes - was untrue, that it was presented misleadingly (the 45 minute claim came from one source, that was not reliable, that was contradicted by more realible sources, and only refered to battlefield weapons), and that based on the intelligence Blair had, he knew or by any reasonable standard would be expected to know, that the claim was false.
I am arguing that Blair lied, to support his war - that he deliberately and intentionally mislead the British people. This doesnt mean the war is wrong (necessarily) and it does not mean Saddam Hussain is not a monster - what it does mean, to repeat myself, is that Tony Blair is a lying liar who tells lies - and furthermore, the vast majority of the British people believe that he is a liar.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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