tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post6365149585133315520..comments2024-03-28T16:15:03.127+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: Cause and effect in IraqJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-28736558318904416922010-10-23T23:31:09.714+01:002010-10-23T23:31:09.714+01:00The joke (although that is undoubtedly a poor choi...The joke (although that is undoubtedly a poor choice of word) is that Saddam wasn't defying the international community at all.<br /><br />They, in the form of the UN, said he must give up his WMDs; they said they knew he had them because the US had sold them to him and they had the copies of the invoices; he said he didn't have them but people were welcome to come in and look; Dr Blix and his team went in and looked, and looked, and looked....<br /><br /><br />... and when it looked like they, experts that they were, were going to report that, after all he had been telling the truth and he didn't have WMDs.... DubYa decided he could wait no longer. Hundreds of thousands of people were just sitting there waiting to be killed and complete chaos was just dying to be released upon the rest of the Iraqi population, not to mention the troops from the US and UK.<br /><br />And at this point Tony Blair could only be recognised by the soles of his shoes.<br /><br />And they accuse WikiLeaks of irresponsibility?<br /><br />Sheesh. Give me strength.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com