'UK must share Iraq blame'

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A former member of the Bush administration has told Britain that it cannot avoid its share of responsibility for the mistakes made in Iraq since the 2003 war.

Kenneth Adelman, the former US assistant defence secretary and United Nations ambassador, criticised Britain for not raising the alarm when problems emerged after Saddam Hussein was ousted.

He told Channel 4 News: "I think the British should have raised alarms. And the way to deal with Americans is to really be very frank and very tough. They knew what was happening."

Mr Adelman, an ally of Donald Rumsfeld, said that British administrators in Iraq should have told Tony Blair to raise their concerns with President George Bush. He said: "The British certainly did not confront the Americans enough to say: 'This is all falling apart ... we are really doing stupid things here'."


http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1963296.ece

[indepat]

1. It's a rotten shame the US needs someone to tell us the really stupid things we do

:crazy:

[YDogg]

2. This is bush's war. That is what history will record.

[enuffs_enuffs]

4. with a side note the British were his lapdogs...

Second only to Barney!

[YDogg]

5. don't forget Poland

[enuffs_enuffs]

6. Or any other of the "rendering" countries...

It seems that list of countries keeps on growin'!

[stillcool]

3. throw anybody under the bus...

another republican motto. But...if BP gets their oil contract...all's fair in love and war.

[Shipwack]

7. Who?

"A former member of the Bush administration has told Britain ..."

'A former member'? Which one? There are so many these days...

Oh, him... ok.

::shuffles randomly through Bush Card deck::