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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Hank04(m): 5:51pm On Oct 30, 2015
Booked
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by deebsman1(m): 5:51pm On Oct 30, 2015
.....even d dreaded boko can be traced to d decision dem blair and co took in that 2003 sad angry angry cry cry cry
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by biafranqueen: 5:52pm On Oct 30, 2015
Medicine after Death...
The US will never apologize for destroying that country.

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Ekiseme(m): 5:52pm On Oct 30, 2015
veekid:
Ok
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Nobody: 5:52pm On Oct 30, 2015
Ndi ara

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by lordempire(m): 5:52pm On Oct 30, 2015
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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by biafranqueen: 5:53pm On Oct 30, 2015
imhotep:
Ndi ara
Summed up right there.
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by ylaa(f): 5:53pm On Oct 30, 2015
MEDICINE AFTER DEATH
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by amanze15(m): 5:55pm On Oct 30, 2015
ehya, while george W bush dey austin dey sip scotch......while america building 11 Nimitz grin, shocked
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by ShaheedBinAliyu(m): 5:55pm On Oct 30, 2015
tbaba1234:
Tony Blair has finally said sorry for the Iraq War – and admitted he could be partly to blame for the rise of Islamic State.
The extraordinary confession by the former Prime Minister comes after 12 years in which he refused to apologise for the conflict.
Blair makes his dramatic ‘mea culpa’ during a TV interview about the ‘hell’ caused by his and George Bush’s decision to oust Saddam Hussein.

In the exchange, Blair repeatedly says sorry for his conduct and even refers to claims that the invasion was a war ‘crime’ – while denying he committed one.
Blair is asked bluntly in the CNN interview, to be broadcast today: ‘Was the Iraq War a mistake?’


He replies: ‘I apologise for the fact that the intelligence we received was wrong.
‘I also apologise for some of the mistakes in planning and, certainly, our mistake in our understanding of what would happen once you removed the regime.’
Challenged that the Iraq War was ‘the principal cause’ of the rise of Islamic State, he said: ‘I think there are elements of truth in that.

'Of course you can’t say those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015.’
In the ‘trial by TV’, respected US political broadcaster Fareed Zakaria accuses him of being President Bush’s ‘poodle’ over the conflict. Blair’s confession comes a week after The Mail on Sunday published a bombshell White House memo revealing for the first time how Blair and Bush agreed a ‘deal in blood’ a year before the invasion.
A 2002 briefing note from US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the President showed Blair had secretly pledged to back the conflict – while telling MPs and British voters that he was seeking a diplomatic solution.

In his CNN interview, Blair candidly asks for forgiveness for his blunder in not realising ‘what would happen once you removed the regime’.
The admission makes a mockery of the statement in the Powell memo that Blair would ‘demonstrate [to Bush] that we have thought through “the day after” ’ – a reference to the consequences of invasion.
However, the bloody chaos in the region continues to this day. And in a separate development, former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett has revealed that he challenged Blair before the war about avoiding chaos after Saddam’s downfall.

Lord Blunkett says Blair failed to give him such ‘reassurances’ – and instead placed blind faith in the two main ‘hawks’ in the US administration, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Lord Blunkett also vented his fury that Sir John Chilcot, who is leading the long-delayed inquiry into the Iraq War, had failed to ask him to give evidence.

Given my front-row seat at these events, I am mystified Chilcot has not asked me to provide either oral or written evidence,’ Lord Blunkett told The Mail on Sunday.
‘I would have thought that over the six years the inquiry has been going on, Sir John would have found the time to ask the then-Home Secretary what he knew.’
Blair’s confession about the Iraq War and the rise of IS is in stark contrast to his repeated refusal to shoulder the blame for the conflict, or its long term consequences. In 2004, he told MPs: ‘I will not apologise for the conflict. I believe it was right.’
He stuck to his hard line in 2007, saying: ‘I don’t think we should be apologising at all for what we are doing in Iraq.’

Remarkably, Blair himself predicted how the apology U-turn he finally makes today would be reported.
In his 2010 memoirs, he explained why he had so far refused to say ‘yes’ when asked if he was sorry, because he knew it would prompt damaging headlines.
‘Answer “Yes” and I knew the outcome: “BLAIR APOLOGISES FOR WAR”, “AT LAST HE SAYS SORRY”. I can’t say sorry in words.’
His apology is bound to prompt claims that he is trying to head off the scathing criticism of his handling of the Iraq War expected to be included in Chilcot’s findings.
All the key figures, including Blair and other senior Labour politicians, are understood to have been given notice of the broad thrust of Chilcot’s verdict on them, expected to be made public next year.
As a master of public relations and media manipulation, Blair may have calculated that since Chilcot is likely to accuse him of major errors of judgment, it is better for him to volunteer an apology now, rather than be forced to do so if, as seems certain, Chilcot’s damning assessment gives him little choice. The former Prime Minister’s decision to make his apology in the US, as opposed to the UK, is also significant.
Far from presenting his apology in a harsh critical light, CNN interviewer Zakaria, a personal friend of Blair, showers praise on him for being the only interviewee in the programme who ‘took responsibility for Iraq’ on camera.

Most of the others involved in the show, senior US political and military figures, blamed each other.
The Colin Powell memo – which this newspaper found among declassified US State Department documents while searching through a cache of Hillary Clinton’s recently released emails – was written in March 2002, a week before Mr Blair met Mr Bush for a summit at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
In our report, which made headlines around the world, we revealed that Powell had said Blair ‘will be with us’ should the US take military action in Iraq and that the ‘UK will follow our lead’.
Blair would handle ‘public affairs lines’ for persuading people that Saddam posed a real threat – in fact, after the war, it was discovered Blair’s claims following the Crawford summit about Iraq’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’ were false.
Lord Blunkett told The Mail on Sunday yesterday how he challenged Blair during Cabinet meetings prior to the war about the level of post-conflict planning for Iraq.
As one of Blair’s most loyal Ministers, Lord Blunkett said he repeatedly sought reassurances that the US had a coherent plan to govern Iraq after the fall of Saddam.
He added: ‘I did not receive that reassurance. Tony was not able to say what was going to happen when combat operations were over. He just decided to trust Cheney and Rumsfeld.
‘With the benefit of hindsight, we now know that they had decided to embark on the complete de-Ba’athification of Saddam’s Iraq by dismantling the entire Government infrastructure.
‘This led to the disintegration of any form of functioning government, creating a complete power vacuum. Terrorists infiltrated Iraq and stirred discontent.

‘I am not seeking to scapegoat Tony Blair; we were all collectively to blame for deluding ourselves into believing that we had much greater sway over Washington.’ Lord Blunkett echoed calls for Chilcot to release an interim copy of his findings immediately or ‘risk his entire exercise being entirely discredited’.
Significantly, in the CNN show, host Zakaria gives his own apology, telling viewers that he regrets his own initial support for the war.
He says he changed his mind after watching the post-war turmoil unfold and witnessing the bloody rise of IS. Viewers may draw the conclusion that Blair came to the same decision for the same reason.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3287982/I-m-sorry-Blair-takes-blame-Iraq-War-admits-conflict-caused-rise-ISIS-astonishing-apology-TV-show.html#ixzz3pXFYoYYa
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Very soon we will see apologies on the lies against Islam

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by PublicAssurance: 5:56pm On Oct 30, 2015
[size=18pt]Bush's Biatch!![/size]
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by smemud(m): 5:57pm On Oct 30, 2015
Thank Almighty Allah the light is outshining the darkness....Take a look also at Libya today....

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by GlorifiedTunde(m): 5:59pm On Oct 30, 2015
Medicine after Death!!! angry angry angry

I don't even believe him. Otherwise he should just admit that Bush was smart enough to deceive him (Blair)

The Intel was falsely fabricated by the US, they needed the world to empathize on why they should attack Iraq. Saddam Hussein was proud and dumb enough to admitting it.

SHIOO!!! angry angry
smemud:
Thank Almighty Allah the light is outshining the darkness....Take a look also at Libya today....

Oogini!?

Does this stop Islam from being a religion of violence? angry angry angry

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Nobody: 5:59pm On Oct 30, 2015
That son of a b..itch should be declared wanted and tried at ICC
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by osazeeblue01: 6:00pm On Oct 30, 2015
Same thing Gowon did to Biafrans.

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by klax(m): 6:01pm On Oct 30, 2015
Are you sleeping that you just heard Tony Blair apologised He apologised in about 5 days back so why today and be clear about what he said and i quote him* He Tony Blair did not apologised going to Iraq to rooted out Sadam but apologised for what happened after the war till date* ok, do you now undersrand Beside it's almost a week back he said so not today or yesterday

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Nihilist: 6:03pm On Oct 30, 2015
imhotep:
Ndi ara

Aint that the gaddem truth?!
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by saintkel(m): 6:03pm On Oct 30, 2015
OBJ fit apologize to Ogini people for his barbaric attack? In his next life I guess

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by macaranta(m): 6:04pm On Oct 30, 2015
They destroyed that country all cause of greed.
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by ATERI(m): 6:06pm On Oct 30, 2015
Charles Taylor has long said sorry for the wars he caused; why is he still in jail?

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by seangy4konji: 6:08pm On Oct 30, 2015
All because of your selfish interest you people have destroyed the Arabic world and now coming to apologize when here are many in mass graves and all without knowing the ause of their untimely death.

Well God will judge all of us.

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by damyzino(m): 6:08pm On Oct 30, 2015
abduljabbar4:


And you will see some apes blaming Islam when the US is behind everything. Thats why i dont like Buhari's relationship with them
buhari is not even working with u.s anymore
na u.k dey help us now
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by efilefun(m): 6:10pm On Oct 30, 2015
madridguy:
Dear Saddam Hussein, as muslim we knew every allegation by the devils UK and the US government was a white lie and it is for them to have control over your country's natural resources. Exactly 10 years after Iraq invasion, some good leader across the globe challenged the UN asked them to summon both the US and UK to bring any evidence of WMD found in Iraq with no single picture to show for it. The same US sponsored the ISIS to fall Asad empire now reverse is the case when the boys slaughtered some of their citizens.
Same reason some leader never respect the UN and I like what PUTIN told the UN in the last meeting. Continue to RIP saddam Hussein.

Waiting for the biggest story : How US planned 9/11 attack.
Only an illiterate will still believe 9/11 was an attack by terrorists, Bush planned it all. Just watch the way it went down and the way BOI building went down when it was pulled down after the fire incident.

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Mufasa27(m): 6:10pm On Oct 30, 2015
MrPresident1:
He remain George Bush angry
Lol bush is an arrogant fucker he won't apologise
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by damyzino(m): 6:12pm On Oct 30, 2015
osazeeblue01:
Same thing Gowon did to Biafrans.
biafrans killed millions of nigerians in a bloody massacre ...gowon was just defending his couintry
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Nobody: 6:13pm On Oct 30, 2015
madridguy:
Dear Saddam Hussein, as muslim we knew every allegation by the devils UK and the US government was a white lie and it is for them to have control over your country's natural resources. Exactly 10 years after Iraq invasion, some good leader across the globe challenged the UN asked them to summon both the US and UK to bring any evidence of WMD found in Iraq with no single picture to show for it. The same US sponsored the ISIS to fall Asad empire now reverse is the case when the boys slaughtered some of their citizens.
Same reason some leader never respect the UN and I like what PUTIN told the UN in the last meeting. Continue to RIP saddam Hussein.

Waiting for the biggest story : How US planned 9/11 attack.
I am in no way supporting the invasion but Saddam Hussein was a devil

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Idrismusty97(m): 6:15pm On Oct 30, 2015
ArodeTsolaye:
The US and British got it all wrong in Iraq.
1.) Saddam didn't have nukes.
2.) Saddam's Ba'ath government had no ties with Al queda and taliban.

The US were angry about 9/11 they just took it out on previous enemies and use their loss of loved ones as an excuse to invade Iraq, Americans were understandably afraid of their muslim enemies having nukes after 9/11 so i don't blame them.

The only thing they got right was Bin laden(whom they even armed against Russians pre-9/11) and they have taken him down without bulldozing their way through institutional governments in thr middle east. This is why Russian and China are now very much respected than the US.
Why would the US be angry about the same 911 they orchestrated. The Iraq invasion was a very well planned scenario not because of revenge or anything, world powers doesn't act on emotions.

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by waxdebo(m): 6:15pm On Oct 30, 2015
ArodeTsolaye:
The US and British got it all wrong in Iraq.
1.) Saddam didn't have nukes.
2.) Saddam's Ba'ath government had no ties with Al queda and taliban.

The US were angry about 9/11 they just took it out on previous enemies and use their loss of loved ones as an excuse to invade Iraq, Americans were understandably afraid of their muslim enemies having nukes after 9/11 so i don't blame them.

The only thing they got right was Bin laden(whom they even armed against Russians pre-9/11) and they have taken him down without bulldozing their way through institutional governments in thr middle east. This is why Russian and China are now very much respected than the US.
. 9/11 was planned and executed by the US,it is a flash flag operation. The truth will surely come out one day

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by SeverusSnape(m): 6:17pm On Oct 30, 2015
madridguy:
My brother take your time to research very well. 9/11 was blatant lie, an article well screened play by the US to cover up all their evil act. Take your time to research very well and the truth shall set you free. 9/11 remain the biggest scam of all time.

Keep defending your fellow jihadists. aallah is happy with you.

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Mufasa27(m): 6:17pm On Oct 30, 2015
The world needs Vladimir Putin !!!
Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by SeverusSnape(m): 6:18pm On Oct 30, 2015
abduljabbar4:


And you will see some apes blaming Islam when the US is behind everything. Thats why i dont like Buhari's relationship with them
Keep living in delusion, Islam remains the sole cause of terrorism in the world. Islam remains a cankerworm.

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Re: "I Am Sorry" Tony Blair Apologizes For Iraq War by Idrismusty97(m): 6:19pm On Oct 30, 2015
daretodiffer:

I am in no way supporting the invasion but Saddam Hussein was a devil
Because the same Western media made you think so just as they are doing to Assad, Putin, Gaddafi and literary anyone who refuse to work with them. The media is a very powerful tool.

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