sako751sg Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) 3.5 million words,£760ish a pop to buy and a daily wage of £792 and £570 to Chilcot and each member of the investigative board respectively for 6.5 years. Heres hoping its not a total whitewash. Edit to say,looks like no whitewash and not looking good for Bliar. Edited July 6, 2016 by sako751sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 So nothing in it so far that we all didn't know,and oh look teflon tony is not a lair just misguided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Think we're going to need an unbiased independent summary of the main points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 hello, i was waiting for this to be posted, as the only few words i could describe before it even came out that it would be a TOTAL WHITE WASH, going to be interesting to see other PW members comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningB525 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 the report can be downloaded here. http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/the-report/ Sounds pretty damming for warmonger Blair. hello, i was waiting for this to be posted, as the only few words i could describe before it even came out that it would be a TOTAL WHITE WASH, going to be interesting to see other PW members comments Looks like you may have been wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Think we're going to need an unbiased independent summary of the main points. Chilcot is independent and his summary has read Didnt exhaust all peaceful options.(not that it would have nade much odds imo) Undermined the security council Withheld legal advice from the cabinet And has generally mentioned Bliar many times in a negative maneer. Far from saying this will go far,but im pretty sure legal action will follow.Lawyers will be rubbing their hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Time for a mass online petition asking for blair to be bought to account ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningB525 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) Time for a mass online petition asking for blair to be bought to account ! Hopefully he will be anyway. "We have concluded that the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort." Edited July 6, 2016 by BrowningB525 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Chilcot is independent and his summary has read Didnt exhaust all peaceful options.(not that it would have nade much odds imo) Undermined the security council Withheld legal advice from the cabinet And has generally mentioned Bliar many times in a negative maneer. Far from saying this will go far,but im pretty sure legal action will follow.Lawyers will be rubbing their hands. Agree. But it's amazing what a biased non independent summary/precis can do to any complicated extensive report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Agree. But it's amazing what a biased non independent summary/precis can do to any complicated extensive report. Absolutely. For that reason i wont believe any newspaper spin on events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 the report can be downloaded here. http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/the-report/ Sounds pretty damming for warmonger Blair. Looks like you may have been wrong. hello, yes i think your right from what i have read and seen on the news, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningB525 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 hello, yes i think your right from what i have read and seen on the news, I'm glad that it wasn't a whitewash. I think most people expected it to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Looks like a very thorough enquiry to me and it does not appear to pull any punches. Blair was obviously sucking up to Bush, made him all sorts of promises ...wonder how much he was paid ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Sadly, IMHO, Teflon will go free the soldiers will pay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Teflon Tony will wriggle out from under....not Teflon Tony for nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Looks like a very thorough enquiry to me and it does not appear to pull any punches. Blair was obviously sucking up to Bush, made him all sorts of promises ...wonder how much he was paid ? I have to agree with you made my day I was expecting them to let him off the hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Might be a highly critical report but I think the only outcome will be 'lessons must be learned'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1961 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Blair should be brought to justice the war was the result of lies and miss truths there was never any weapons of mass destruction it was all about oil plain and simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Blair should be brought to justice the war was the result of lies and miss truths there was never any weapons of mass destruction it was all about oil plain and simple Or ego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 From what I have read, Tony Blair seemed to be deciding things all on his own. The public, Parliament and even his own cabinet appear to have received Tony's personal spin on the facts, rather than the actual facts. He looks a worried man this morning. Whatever happens to him, his reputation - still somewhat intact as he won a few elections and his successors were rubbish - has been shredded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) Mr Blair wrote a note to President Bush about their “fundamental goal”.He said it was to “spread our values of freedom democracy, tolerance and the rule of law, but we need a broad based agenda capable of unifying the world to get it. That’s why, though Iraq’s WMD is the immediate justification for action, ridding Iraq of Saddam is the real prize.” A wee bit of reading if you have a spare 5 minutes or so. http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/the-report/ Great statement to Bliar. Q: You say the calculus of risk changed after 9/11. There were no links between al-Qaida and Iraq. But there are links between al-Qaida and Arab countries where you have built a business career.Blair: bbbbbbb b....ut Edited July 6, 2016 by sako751sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry136 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Petition for Teflon Tony to face justice https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/159383/sponsors/GHsHupivm2VkugA40l68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 He seemed very evasive on TV. Two hours, but avoided direct questions. He was asked what decisions he regretted or what his mistakes had been - just waffled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 I'm away so am missing all this. I hope to catch up on Blairs embarrassment on...well, catch up! I sincerely do hope he has many many sleepless nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Situation normal then! He seemed very evasive on TV. Two hours, but avoided direct questions. He was asked what decisions he regretted or what his mistakes had been - just waffled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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