Things That Don't Happen in America...

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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/11/22/21935/677

Things That Don't Happen in America...

by BooMan
Sun Nov 22nd, 2009 at 09:09:35 PM EST


...because we never do anything wrong:

Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair's government's attempts to mislead the public.

They were so shocked by the lack of preparation for the aftermath of the invasion that they believe members of the British and US governments at the time could be prosecuted for war crimes by breaching the duty outlined in the Geneva convention to safeguard civilians in a conflict, the Guardian has been told.

The lengths the Blair government took to conceal the invasion plan and the extent of military commanders' anger at what they call the government's "appalling" failures emerged as Sir John Chilcot, the inquiry's chairman, promised to produce a "full and insightful" account of how Britain was drawn into the conflict.

Fresh evidence has emerged about how Blair misled MPs by claiming in 2002 that the goal was "disarmament, not regime change". Documents show the government wanted to hide its true intentions by informing only "very small numbers" of officials.

The same thing happened here. We couldn't plan for an occupation because the administration wasn't admitting to anyone that they intended to occupy Iraq for a decade or more. Prosecuting these people really ought to be a no-brainer, but giving them jobs as Fox News correspondents and think-tank fellows is more our cup of tea.