Tony Blair was warned of 'Iraq danger' by civil servant

[sabra]

Source: BBC

Tony Blair was warned by the UK's top civil servant in 2002 he was getting into a "dangerous position" on Iraq.

Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Wilson told the Iraq Inquiry he alerted Mr Blair to legal concerns - which he saw as being a brake on military action.

In separate evidence, his successor Lord Turnbull said the cabinet "did not know the score" about Iraq when they were asked to back military action.

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Lord Wilson, Cabinet Secretary between 1998 and the middle of 2002, described the UK's policy towards Iraq before the 9/11 attacks as "relaxed" and "routine".

Even after the terrorist attacks in the US, he felt that other issues - such as Afghanistan and the Middle East peace process - were more important to ministers.

However, he described how he was "startled" and "taken aback" during a cabinet meeting in July 2002 to find "some of the language (on Iraq) implied we were closer to military action than I had imagined we were".

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12278788

[Diclotican]

1. sabra

sabra

Just annother prove, of what it was about.... Everyone warned against the war, but Tony Blair was gaearing up for a war, with his buddy GWB, regardness of what the evidences was about...

Now, I hope at least Tony Blair is given a fair trial and put where he belong, but somehow I doubt they want to put a former prime minister on trial, even tho it is on the books, and in fact also happened before, long time ago, but still... It have happend that a former prime minister have been put to a trial... Oh wel, at least his reputation is destroyed beyound repars for all time after this... He wil never manage to recover his reputation from what is coming out from Iraq Survey...

Diclotican

[LeftishBrit]

2. But Bush and God (in that order) TOLD him to invade Iraq!

Why should he bother listening to his civil servants?

[Ghost Dog]

4. And now he insists on pointing (in the same way) at Iran.

Big lie -> bigger lie. Keep on insisting on it.

Everyone comes round in the end.

[Solly Mack]

3. k/r

[oasis]

5. Kick for this and the .Downing Street Memos. Bushco & Blair

may never get jailtime, but the a-holes can to look forward to only limited contact with the public.Some legacy. :puke:

[Kurovski]

6. Blair has it sweet like, forever, for his role in the iraq invasion.

A pampered poodle on the softest cushion you could ever imagine.

Big time criminals have it SWEEEEET!

Way to go Tony! Arf! Arf!