Iraq: The war was illegal

[babsbunny]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/iraq-the-uwaru-was-illegal-1830508.html

Then Attorney General Goldsmith was 'pinned to the wall and bullied into keeping quiet' while the Prime Minister kept the Cabinet in the dark

By Brian Brady

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Tony Blair will be quizzed over a devastating official memo warning him that war on Iraq would be illegal eight months before he sent troops into Baghdad, it was claimed last night.

The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war will consider a letter from Lord Goldsmith, then Mr Blair's top law officer, advising him that deposing Saddam would be in breach of international law, according to a report in The Mail on Sunday.

But Mr Blair refused to accept Lord Goldsmith's advice and instead issued instructions for his long-term friend to be "gagged" and barred from cabinet meetings, the newspaper claimed. Lord Goldsmith apparently lost three stone, and complained he was "more or less pinned to the wall" in a No 10 showdown with two of Mr Blair's most loyal aides, Lord Falconer and Baroness Morgan. Mr Blair also allegedly failed to inform the Cabinet of the warning, fearing an "anti-war revolt".

[Mari333]

1. And this will soon be on breaking news in the USA?

No no, we have fluff pieces to cover here.
knr

[habitual]

2. more importantly, we need to know how Tiger got those bruises on his lips n/t

[Mari333]

3. and go shopping! move on and go shopping!

dont look at the millions of dead iraqi citizens and soldiers..just move on and go shopping! lalalalalalaladeee dahhhh

[spanone]

4. k&r

[NoPasaran]

5. Maybe someone should call a cop then

[cowcommander]

6. Too little, too late

Can't help but wonder if things would've been different if Britain and Blair didn't dance so readily to Bush's music...

[Selatius]

7. OK, if this is true, when does Tony Blair go on trial for war crimes?

Does anybody have the balls to pull the trigger on that one?

[ixion]

8. of course it was illegal... it was common knowledge that it was illegal at the time

despite this "gee, we're only now discovering it was illegal" frame.

It was an obvious violation of international law, and the war criminals who conceived and executed it should be sent to face justice in the Hague. This has always been my opinion, and why I get so distraught when the Obama admin tries to gloss over it, or talks about "moving forward."

[MKNK1]

12. what makes a war legal? .nt

[ixion]

14. international law

in this case, one sovereign (the US) invading another sovereign nation (Iraq) that had not threatened us, nor was an imminent threat to us.

[BlueMTexpat]

13. +1 many times over!!! n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. The sun rose in the east this morning.

This is news?

[azul]

10. "anti-war revolt" heaven forbid

Where were the religious peace-keepers, where were the media watchdogs right when we needed them most, say when millions of people around the world were protesting an obvious war of aggression?

[baldguy]

11. "Was"?

A crime that still going on doesn't warrant the past tense.