Monday, June 16, 2014

Tony Blair: Syria conflict is to blame for current Iraq crisis

The Independent: In a 3,000-word essay, Mr Blair rejected claims that he was to blame, saying that if the West had not rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein, the crisis in the Middle East would be worse.

"We have to liberate ourselves from the notion that 'we' have caused this. We haven't. We can argue as to whether our policies at points have helped or not; and whether action or inaction is the best policy and there is a lot to be said on both sides. But the fundamental cause of the crisis lies within the region not outside it," he wrote. Mr Blair added that it is a "bizarre reading of the cauldron that is the Middle East today, to claim that but for the removal of Saddam, we would not have a crisis". (read more)

7 comments:

Unknown said...

We must memory hole everything for the glory of Obama.

All hail Candy Cowley.

KCFleming said...

Obama: Tony? Things got a little out of hand. It's just this war and that lying son of a bitch Johnson and...I would never hurt you. You know that.

edutcher said...

No, it's the Choom Gang screwing things up, as usual.

Rabel said...

Kerry said in an interview with Yahoo that we would not rule out military cooperation with Iran. Within two hours the Pentagon said that there would be no military cooperation with Iran.

Military cooperation with Iran!!!! We would then have to sanction ourselves and seize our assets. Hopefully with both hands.

Kerry is a genuine idiot.

Icepick said...

Rabel, how can you be certain Kerry isn't one of those cheap knockoff idiots from some Third World factory? Made with genuine plastic!

Rabel said...

"Made with genuine plastic!"

Chicklit bait.

Icepick said...

Bait on two levels, Rabel.