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Tony Blair its too late to regret
(KT Editorial)
23 January 2011, 9:06 AM
Tony Blairs jibe on Iraq is of little credence. The former British prime ministers remarks before the Chilcot inquiry commission that he regrets Iraq dead is a belated statement.
It holds little or no substance, as Blairs adamant attitude to wage the war against one of the prosperous Arab countries on a fictitious charge sheet, has plunged the world in an unending nexus of uncertainty and recession.
Yet, he has stopped short of extending an unconditional apology for his misadventure in Iraq, and has once again made a bid to hoodwink public opinion against Iran. This is unbecoming of a leader of his stature and goes on to establish that his pretention to go soft before the parliament-backed commission is nothing more than an attempt to save his skin.
The United Nations Middle East peace envoy, however, still believes that there is another looming threat in the region. As if choreographing an act from the purported campaign on weapons of mass destruction, Blair sees Teheran as a destabilising force in the region, and wants the world to gang up against it. Such a premise is not going to help, especially from a person who has misled his country and the world into an uncalled for war. Blair, along with former United States president George Bush, is in need of expressing his remorse, and humbly submitting himself in the dock. The invasion and occupation episode has cost around one million lives and destruction of wealth to the tune of trillions of dollars. This simply cannot go unchecked in the annals of history and is in need of a judicious probe with the explicit intention to punish the culprits. At the same time, the riches that had been vandalised and robbed should be accounted for.
The Chilcot commission has a liability to ensure that justice is done, and the war criminals across the board do not go off the hook by virtue of their clout in real-politick.
What Blair has testified before the inquiry commission should be made public in order to identify the nexus of war mongers and especially the intelligence operators, who are in search of a new flashpoint to wage another war. Blair can make a gentleman gesture by repenting and that too without any new diatribe on saving the world. His mere regrets are definitely too late.(http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Display...smakers/2011/January/newsmakers_January44.xml)
(KT Editorial)
23 January 2011, 9:06 AM
Tony Blairs jibe on Iraq is of little credence. The former British prime ministers remarks before the Chilcot inquiry commission that he regrets Iraq dead is a belated statement.
It holds little or no substance, as Blairs adamant attitude to wage the war against one of the prosperous Arab countries on a fictitious charge sheet, has plunged the world in an unending nexus of uncertainty and recession.
The United Nations Middle East peace envoy, however, still believes that there is another looming threat in the region. As if choreographing an act from the purported campaign on weapons of mass destruction, Blair sees Teheran as a destabilising force in the region, and wants the world to gang up against it. Such a premise is not going to help, especially from a person who has misled his country and the world into an uncalled for war. Blair, along with former United States president George Bush, is in need of expressing his remorse, and humbly submitting himself in the dock. The invasion and occupation episode has cost around one million lives and destruction of wealth to the tune of trillions of dollars. This simply cannot go unchecked in the annals of history and is in need of a judicious probe with the explicit intention to punish the culprits. At the same time, the riches that had been vandalised and robbed should be accounted for.
The Chilcot commission has a liability to ensure that justice is done, and the war criminals across the board do not go off the hook by virtue of their clout in real-politick.
What Blair has testified before the inquiry commission should be made public in order to identify the nexus of war mongers and especially the intelligence operators, who are in search of a new flashpoint to wage another war. Blair can make a gentleman gesture by repenting and that too without any new diatribe on saving the world. His mere regrets are definitely too late.(http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Display...smakers/2011/January/newsmakers_January44.xml)
