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kpete

(71,965 posts)
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 08:59 AM Oct 2015

Clinton Email Smoking Gun-1 Year BEFORE Invasion-Blair Agreed to Act as Bush/Iraq War Cheerleader

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Smoking gun emails reveal Blair's 'deal in blood' with George Bush over Iraq war was forged a YEAR before the invasion had even started
Leaked White House memo shows former Prime Minister's support for war at summit with U.S. President in 2002
Bombshell document shows Blair preparing to act as spin doctor for Bush, who was told 'the UK will follow our lead'
Publicly, Blair still claimed to be looking for diplomatic solution - in direct contrast to email revelations
New light was shed on Bush-Blair relations by material disclosed by Hillary Clinton at the order of the U.S. courts



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3277402/Smoking-gun-emails-reveal-Blair-s-deal-blood-George-Bush-Iraq-war-forged-YEAR-invasion-started.html#ixzz3ovTtXUC6
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Tony Blair agreed to act as Iraq war cheerleader according to newly released US memo

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Details of the Prime Minister’s readiness to back the US in bringing down Saddam Hussein are contained in a note from Colin Powell, then Secretary of State, to George Bush, ahead of Mr Blair’s April 2002 summit with the President in Crawford Texas.

The memo was found in a batch of secret emails on the private server of Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State, which was made available by the US courts.

At that time Tony Blair’s public position was that Britain was seeking a diplomatic, rather than military solution, to the crisis.

But, according to Mr Powell’s memo, which has been seen by the Mail on Sunday, Britain’s support for military action was already assured.

Mr Bush was told that the UK Prime Minister “will be with us”. The President was assured “The UK will follow our lead”.







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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11938716/Tony-Blair-agreed-to-act-as-Iraq-war-cheerleader-according-to-newly-released-US-memo.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/18/1434599/-Hillary-s-E-Mails-Do-Bear-Fruit-Tony-Blair-Iraq-War-Cheerleader
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Clinton Email Smoking Gun-1 Year BEFORE Invasion-Blair Agreed to Act as Bush/Iraq War Cheerleader (Original Post) kpete Oct 2015 OP
War criminals should be prosecuted. Scuba Oct 2015 #1
And Just Consider That HRC Has Already Told The Nation That War Is The First And Last Option cantbeserious Oct 2015 #2
Truly disingenuous. aquart Oct 2015 #4
Did One Watch The Debate On October 13, 2015 - Truly Not - Her Policies Were Clearly Stated cantbeserious Oct 2015 #5
Uhhhh, no, she didn't. Darb Oct 2015 #9
My Ears Work Very Well All The Way Out To 18khz cantbeserious Oct 2015 #10
And? aquart Oct 2015 #3
the crime kpete Oct 2015 #6
I'd love to know what Poodle Blair got for his doggy devotion. aquart Oct 2015 #7
Actually this specific email was from Colin Powell in 2002 to President Bush. He was secretary of still_one Oct 2015 #8

aquart

(69,014 posts)
3. And?
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 09:39 AM
Oct 2015

This email was never in public hands until the Republicans put it there themseves.

What's the crime?

aquart

(69,014 posts)
7. I'd love to know what Poodle Blair got for his doggy devotion.
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 10:01 AM
Oct 2015

Since I'm now convinced that Russia's Syrian involvement with Iran is what clinched the Iran Deal, I see side deals everywhere

still_one

(92,061 posts)
8. Actually this specific email was from Colin Powell in 2002 to President Bush. He was secretary of
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 10:02 AM
Oct 2015

state at the time. That documents from the previous Secretary State would be part of the documents of the subsequent Secretary of States, is not unusual.

In fact the only thing this specific document conveys is that "Blair will be with us should military operations be necessary."

This specific document is not earth shattering news. However, the information conveyed in 2004 by Sir Christopher Meyer, directly supports a conspiracy between bush and blair to overthrown Saddam, was "earth shattering" news.

"President George Bush first asked Tony Blair to support the removal of Saddam Hussein from power at a private White House dinner nine days after the terror attacks of 11 September, 2001.
According to Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British Ambassador to Washington, who was at the dinner, Blair told Bush he should not get distracted from the war on terror's initial goal - dealing with the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Bush, claims Meyer, replied by saying: 'I agree with you, Tony. We must deal with this first. But when we have dealt with Afghanistan, we must come back to Iraq.' Regime change was already US policy.

It was clear, Meyer says, 'that when we did come back to Iraq it wouldn't be to discuss smarter sanctions'. Elsewhere in his interview, Meyer says Blair always believed it was unlikely that Saddam would be removed from power or give up his weapons of mass destruction without a war."

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/apr/04/iraq.iraq

This information became public in 2004 from Meyer in 2004, and was conceived by bush and blair in 2001.

Hillary became Secretary of State in 2008, under President Obama, which is when she would have had access to classified state department documents, which included this one.

There is no smoking gun on this specific email, unlike the information revealed by Meyer in 2004 between bush and blair.

Also, Richard Clark in his book related a similar conspiracy of the bush intent to go into Iraq despite no evidence of WMDs.

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