Chilcot Iraq Inquiry- Tony Blair Says No Regrets Of Removing Saddam Hussein

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was questioned by the Chilcot Iraq War Inquiry panel today 29 Jan 2010. Blair stated that he was proud of his decisions, and had no regrets for removing Saddam Hussein. He also made no apology for the deaths of tens of thousands of people and stated that he believed any country manufacturing or acquiring weapons of mass destruction should be stopped, and said that the same actions against Iraq should be applied to Iran.

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[glentubin]

The inquiry should not be about what Blair thinks. It should be about the evidence used like the Yellowcake charge and why he believed it.

That was one of the worst pieces of evidence used and Bush just ate it up.

[GlobalPrison]

Apparantly yellowcake uranium was found in Iraq and exported to the U.S...

But the yellowcake could have also been left over from the Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981 which was bombed by Israel. The Bush and Blair Administrations changed their objectives year-on-year. First it was to remove WMD's.

They found none. So they went on to say it was 'installing democracy' . Violent suicide attacks still hit Iraq on a daily basis .Iraq cannot really be called a democracy. More like a theory gone wrong.

[GlobalPrison]

What a heartless vile creature he is.

I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am sorry to hear of any loss of life, be it Iraqi or troops, because the Iraqis deservedd better protection and the troops were put in there out of war profiteering, not necessity.

The reason he would not do an inquiry years earlier is because he was P.M and that would have shown him as apologetic.Now he is just Tony, and we see his real face of ignorance and hearltessness. Shame on the Labour Government.

[Prunesqualer]

Al-Queda where unable to function in Iraq before our invasion. Thanks to our invasion they, and other terrorist organisations, now thrive there. Our invasion has also acted as a recruiting tool in other parts of the world. There where a lot of paths we could have chosen re Sadam's Iraq, none of them easy and all with prices to weigh up. We just chose one of the worse options. I mostly blame Bush's puppet masters, but the vainglorious and deluded Blair needs his bubble bursting.

[homeros8000]

FYI

On the first ten days of Baghdad invasion

The Ministry of Health was looted and burned.

The Art Museum was looted.

The National Library was looted and burned.

Al-Rashid Theatre was looted and burned to the ground.

Ministry of Trade was looted and burned.

Only the Ministry of Oil was well protected by coalition forces!

[flightdeck111]

I Note Tony B. Kept his jacket on ....No tell tell signs of B.O on his 'infamous white shirt press conference' ...Apparently he ONLY HAD 45 MINUTES ANTI-PERSPIRATION COVER! TODAY HE NEEDED AN UMBRELLA!

[corpbs1]

Dr Kelly . . Blair's ghost perhaps . . some people don't like being forced to,lie.

But nothing was 'sexed up' . . it was all true, um, err perhaps not.

[mikris50]

Blair + Spouse = MONEY!!

[alliedagreat]

i like the news reporter :)

[mariotaz]

Dude, Kim Jong il lets off missiles more than his shits. Get him!? Instead of believing in something you're not sure about.

[BushAndBlairMustHang]

The mass murdering mad bastard

[elhayya]

what came of the results of the inquiry?

[elhayya]

etfooooooo!

[limeybadtooth]

@GlobalPrison you really are a well meaning fool,grow up and see the world for what it is