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Originally Posted by Incognitas
So??You really think the man should remain in power?
Personally I don't give a stuff about whether you think the war was right or not.The issue we are talking about was who did lie about the dossier?Not whether the war was a good idea.Stop trying to drag the topic 
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I was responding to Iago's point about the difference between lying and being wrong.
As I said in one of my earlier posts, if the information in the dossier about Sadaam's capability to launch an attack using weapons of mass destruction within the 45 minute limit was correct and Hutton has confirmed that British Intelligence say that they did give that information, why hasn't the head of British Intelligence been hauled over the coals for supplying information that was plainly out of date and which had not been verified on the ground.That's the information we used to go to war with Iraq.
I accept that Blair may have been unaware of that when he reported that in Parliament but then Greg Dyke was unaware of the flakiness of Gilligan's report. Both made the same mistake of not checking, but Blair's had greater consequences and he didn't resign.
As for Sadaam, lots of people including myself accept that Iraq is better off without him. If Blair had said to Parliament and to the UN we are going to invade Iraq for humanitarian reasons,that would be one matter. To invade on the grounds that he was a threat and going to use weapons of mass destruction but not find any is another.
The issue in all this really is whether or not you believe Blair. Given all the other things that have happened under this government, I don't. On the other hand, you appear to. Guess we'll just have to agree to differ.
