Removal of Saddam Hussein 'right', says Tony Blair
Blair lied about WMD, he lied about Saddam supporting al Quaeda, and he was wrong about Saddam's threat too.
Saddam was controlled, by weapons inspectors and no-fly zones, and after being routed in Kuwait was unlikely to try that again elsewhere.
So not only was Blair stupid in getting rid of an ally against millitant Islam in the region, but he has admitted starting a war to effect regime change, which is illegal under international law.
Should he be tried at The Hague or the Old Bailey?
It would have been "right to remove" Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein even without evidence that he had weapons of mass destruction, Tony Blair has said.
The former prime minister said it was the "notion of him as a threat to the region" which had tilted him in favour of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Without WMD claims it would have been necessary to "use and deploy different arguments," he told the BBC.
The former prime minister said it was the "notion of him as a threat to the region" which had tilted him in favour of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Without WMD claims it would have been necessary to "use and deploy different arguments," he told the BBC.
Saddam was controlled, by weapons inspectors and no-fly zones, and after being routed in Kuwait was unlikely to try that again elsewhere.
So not only was Blair stupid in getting rid of an ally against millitant Islam in the region, but he has admitted starting a war to effect regime change, which is illegal under international law.
Should he be tried at The Hague or the Old Bailey?
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