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Old 08-15-2003, 05:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
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45-minute claim on Iraq was hearsay

Now it seems that the 45 min claim was on even shallower ground that believed before... I guess that Blair is going to step down pretty soon...

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/...020033,00.html
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Old 08-15-2003, 05:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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hmm, I kept reading heresy .

But hearsay is pretty shitty, too. What are you basing your assertion that Blair is going to step down on? I didn't see that in the article but I haven't been following British politics as closely as I was any more.
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Old 08-15-2003, 06:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Ah, that was just my personal opinion what he should do in a situation like this... Our prime minister had to step down by just holding her office for a couple of months because she lied (about some secret iraq papers) on the face of parliament and lost the trust of the opposition parties and later from one of the major parties.
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Old 08-15-2003, 08:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I agree with you from what I understand; I just wondered if you had heard him say it.
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Old 08-16-2003, 09:11 AM   #5 (permalink)
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yes, it does seem that unless the direction of british opinion on Iraq changes drastically, blair will either resign or be ousted by his own party.
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Old 08-16-2003, 11:18 AM   #6 (permalink)
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i really liked the guy till this. it seemed like he didnt have a backbone for himself and followed bush on whatever he [bush]said.

i think a vote of confidence is gonna come up pretty soon and that is the end to t.blair.

he's more popular in american than in britain......how sad.
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Old 08-16-2003, 06:35 PM   #7 (permalink)
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what is the difference between geogre w being mistaken about weapons of mass distrution and bush being mistaken about the 45 min

yes blair has a poor rating at home but i dont think he will be removed

the british economy cant take the blow

if he is removed then they have admitted to war crimes and that will cost a pretty penny

ill put $2 down on blair making it through a vote of nonconfidence
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Old 08-19-2003, 10:54 AM   #8 (permalink)
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it takes us 22 min to nuke moscow and thats acros the artic, it would take (proximatly) 35 min to nuke bahgdad. i dont think iraq can hit us in 45
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Old 08-19-2003, 07:39 PM   #9 (permalink)
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If Blair doesn't go down, it seems to me some pretty senior advisors are going to have to bow out. The British press will most likely keep following the story until someone bites the bullet - Blair or otherwise.

If Blair falls, it will be interesting to see how the US media plays it vis a vis Bush and his really very similiar claims. Bush did, at one point, use the 45 minutes figure in a radio address.

Generally, the UK press is more tenacious than that of the US, but it would be pretty hard to ignore our biggest ally's leader being toppled in this way.
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Old 08-19-2003, 09:20 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Watch this news NOT erupt scandalously all over the face of the American media.
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