Should Bush and Blair be tried for war crimes?

[Kirkland Laing]

LONDON (AFP) – Tony Blair's admission that Britain would have backed the Iraq war even if he knew it did not have weapons of mass destruction sparked outrage Sunday and calls for his prosecution for war crimes.
The former British prime minister, who backed the US-led invasion in 2003, told the BBC he would "still have thought it right to remove" Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein because of the threat he posed to the region.
Lawyers representing the deposed Iraqi leadership said they would seek to prosecute Blair following his remarks, while one newspaper commentator said it was a "game-changing admission" for the ongoing official inquiry into the war.
Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix added: "The war was sold on the WMD, and now you feel, or hear that it was only a question of deployment of arguments, as he said, it sounds a bit like a fig leaf that was held up."
Blair is due to give evidence to the inquiry into the war, led by former civil servant John Chilcot, early next year, and the commentator in the Sunday Telegraph said the investigation's focus must now change.
"Mr Blair's game-changing admission gives them a licence to be tougher and more prosecutorial," he wrote, a call echoed by campaigners at Stop the War Coalition, who urged Chilcot's inquiry to recommend legal action against Blair.
Professor Philippe Sands, a leading international lawyer, said he believed Blair's comments had left him vulnerable to legal proceedings.
"The fact that the policy was fixed by Tony Blair irrespective of the facts on the ground, and irrespective of the legality, will now expose him more rather than less to legal difficulties," Sands told The Sunday Herald.
A lawyer for Saddam Hussein's jailed former deputy prime minister, Tareq Aziz, wrote to Britain's top legal adviser Saturday asking permission to prosecute Blair for war crimes.
In a statement Sunday, Giovanni di Stefano said the former prime minister's comments were an admission that "his aim was regime change. That is without question unlawful and subject to criminal proceedings".




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[Master]

I lost all respect for Blair about going to war. He back tracked and said he would have done it anyway. He is lying to cover his mistake ridden ass. No way will he admit that all those soldiers and innocent civilians died because he could not say no to Bush.

[Gandalf]

I lost all respect for Blair about going to war. He back tracked and said he would have done it anyway. He is lying to cover his mistake ridden ass. No way will he admit that all those soldiers and innocent civilians died because he could not say no to Bush.

I think Blair has revealed himself completely by those comments. There is no doubt that this is a man who tried to decieve the public and then ignore popular opinion and carry on regardless. His comments were surprising because he was so open in admitting how he was going to do what he did no matter what the reason might need to be.

Blair should be tried and sentenced. Bush should simply have a bullet to the head as that is what they prefer over there. These men are appalling examples of the human race.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

I lost all respect for Blair about going to war. He back tracked and said he would have done it anyway. He is lying to cover his mistake ridden ass. No way will he admit that all those soldiers and innocent civilians died because he could not say no to Bush.

I think Blair has revealed himself completely by those comments. There is no doubt that this is a man who tried to decieve the public and then ignore popular opinion and carry on regardless. His comments were surprising because he was so open in admitting how he was going to do what he did no matter what the reason might need to be.

Blair should be tried and sentenced. Bush should simply have a bullet to the head as that is what they prefer over there. These men are appalling examples of the human race.

rep again when I can.

BLiar - those t-shirts seem prophetic now dont they?

[El Kabong]

rep again when I can.

BLiar - those t-shirts seem prophetic now dont they?

And yet you are all 100% in line with Blair regarding Global Warming...WTF people?

Nameless, you think Obama is bad now, just wait til next year, this was his 1st year of really having to answer questions or act on anything, in the past he used to hide behind a "present" vote instead of "yea" or "nay". Huckabee and Romney have experience...Ron Paul is good "in theory". I kind of liked Ross Perot but I think the idea of America being isolationist is just idiotic, with our economy and foreign policy we affect other countries even if we try to avoid acting on anything. Being #1 World Superpower we get drug into things anyway. And yes I like Sarkozy, he's a good guy a good leader.

The wines I have had lately are: Le Colombier Vacquyeras, Lo Zoccoliao Baccanera, Sobon Cab. Sav., Amici Cab. Sav., and I've been trying to get into whites (please PM me and suggest a few)

[Gandalf]

rep again when I can.

BLiar - those t-shirts seem prophetic now dont they?

And yet you are all 100% in line with Blair regarding Global Warming...WTF people?

Nameless, you think Obama is bad now, just wait til next year, this was his 1st year of really having to answer questions or act on anything, in the past he used to hide behind a "present" vote instead of "yea" or "nay". Huckabee and Romney have experience...Ron Paul is good "in theory". I kind of liked Ross Perot but I think the idea of America being isolationist is just idiotic, with our economy and foreign policy we affect other countries even if we try to avoid acting on anything. Being #1 World Superpower we get drug into things anyway. And yes I like Sarkozy, he's a good guy a good leader.

The wines I have had lately are: Le Colombier Vacquyeras, Lo Zoccoliao Baccanera, Sobon Cab. Sav., Amici Cab. Sav., and I've been trying to get into whites (please PM me and suggest a few)

Totally different issues, lyle. Global warming is supported by about 98% of the scientific research into the issue. You republicans are once again showing your base primitive sides. Creationism in schools anyone? Get with the programme, you philistines...

[El Kabong]

Totally different issues, lyle. Global warming is supported by about 98% of the scientific research into the issue. You republicans are once again showing your base primitive sides. Creationism in schools anyone? Get with the programme, you philistines...

#1 Blair said "even if the science behind man made global warming is wrong we still have to act"....the mark of a true liberal genius at work

#2 I don't want creationism or any other theology in schools, I'm not a fan of the turbo-Christians, I'm very reasonable and rational when it comes to religion. The media ALWAYS asks the Republicans about it and Huckabee, when given the time to respond properly and not just doing a show of hands as Wolf Blitzer asked did a great job explaining his view in a manner that even the vile liberals Bill Maher has in his audiance were able to comprehend it and accept his view.