Iraq War Lies, 13 Years Later (New York Times)

[inanna]

JULY 7, 2016

It seems a long time ago, and in a world far, far away, that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, enthusiastically supported by Tony Blair, went to war with Iraq. Thirteen years later, after voluminous studies and books and wave upon wave of terrible consequences, it would seem there is no doubt that these leaders created a false case for invading Iraq and then utterly mismanaged the occupation.

Yet now a long and long-overdue British report into Britain’s role in that war, the report of the official and independent Iraq Inquiry Committee led by John Chilcot, has been published, reopening wounds and forcing Mr. Blair back into the limelight to defend why, despite so much evidence and advice against joining in the Bush administration’s misguided enthusiasm for invading Iraq, he chose as prime minister to throw his full support behind America.

It seems a long time ago, and in a world far, far away, that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, enthusiastically supported by Tony Blair, went to war with Iraq. Thirteen years later, after voluminous studies and books and wave upon wave of terrible consequences, it would seem there is no doubt that these leaders created a false case for invading Iraq and then utterly mismanaged the occupation.

Yet now a long and long-overdue British report into Britain’s role in that war, the report of the official and independent Iraq Inquiry Committee led by John Chilcot, has been published, reopening wounds and forcing Mr. Blair back into the limelight to defend why, despite so much evidence and advice against joining in the Bush administration’s misguided enthusiasm for invading Iraq, he chose as prime minister to throw his full support behind America.

Mr. Blair’s critics are no doubt disappointed that in response to the Chilcot report, he has continued to defend his actions. “I believe we made the right decision and the world is better and safer as a result of it,” he said, which seems willfully blind to the current chaos in Iraq and beyond. But if he would not confess that he erred in his decision, he did acknowledge, “There’s not a single day that goes by that I don’t think about it.”

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Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/opinion/iraq-war-lies-13-years-later.html?ribbon-ad-idx=2&rref=world&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Opinion&action=swipe®ion=FixedRight&pgtype=article

[longship]

1. Hello! Hello! NYT! Do you remember Judith Miller?

Hello! Hello! Knock on head. New York Times!!!!

[niyad]

4. exactly!!!!

[shadowmayor]

6. Our leaders created a clear case for going to war?

Not without the complicity of our fawning corporate media, especially the NYT and their lap-dog Miller!

[cprise]

7. The complicity that shall not speak its name.

They say the Bush admin "sold" the war. But they didn't mention how they were middlemen in that sale.

[deathrind]

2. Yep...

Last edited Thu Jul 7, 2016, 10:39 PM - Edit history (1)

"It seems a long time ago, and in a world far, far away, when the New York Times had a reporter named Judith Miller who enthusiastically advocated and supported going to war with Iraq because Saddam Hussein "tried to kill my daddy" according to the President of the United States at the time George W Bush"

There I fixed that for you NYT...

[yurbud]

3. You posted the first two paragraphs twice.

[Crunchy Frog]

5. If only the NYT wasn't 13 years late in doing investigative journalism. n/t

[Night Watchman]

8. Judith Miller still Shows Up on FOX Occasionally

Evincing no remorse whatsoever.