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0 pointsndsipa_pomu2mo ago0 comments

Tony Blair wasn't fooled by the fake WMD evidence - he was fully on board and deliberately went against the advice and evidence of the intelligence services.

He should be tried for war crimes for dragging the UK into a war on false pretences.

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Sprotch2mo ago

Is there a source for this? In his autobiography he acknowledges he got it wrong, but based on the available evidence at the time

ndsipa_pomuOP2mo ago

Well, there was the Chilcot Inquiry which was deliberately hobbled from fully investigating and reporting the shenanigans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Inquiry

Blair was accused of misleading parliament over the WMD claims and there was a limited attempt to impeach him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_motion_to_impeac...

Also relevant with regard to war crimes is this recent uncovering: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/30/tony-blair-p...

(There's lots of various opinions given about Blair which are not really authoritative, such as: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair-iraq-gov...)

Sprotch2mo ago

Thanks for this. I have read the executive summary and, actually, UK intelligence advised Blair that Iraq was not a threat to the UK and that military action would make things worse: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80f42ced915...

So this was purely a political move on the part of Blair to cozy up to the US. Maddening.

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Sprotch2mo ago

Is there a source for this? In his autobiography he acknowledges he got it wrong, but based on the available evidence at the time

ndsipa_pomuOP2mo ago

Well, there was the Chilcot Inquiry which was deliberately hobbled from fully investigating and reporting the shenanigans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Inquiry

Blair was accused of misleading parliament over the WMD claims and there was a limited attempt to impeach him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_motion_to_impeac...

Also relevant with regard to war crimes is this recent uncovering: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/30/tony-blair-p...

(There's lots of various opinions given about Blair which are not really authoritative, such as: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair-iraq-gov...)

Sprotch2mo ago

So this was purely a political move on the part of Blair to cozy up to the US. Maddening.

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