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20. That's not the f***ing point is it?

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 11:19 PM

Feb 2013

The whole premise for the war is that Saddam posed a threat to "friends, allies and the US" with his mythical WMDs.

Since WHEN do imperial powers give a SHIT about the conditions of ordinary citizens of dictators who play along... until they do something that displeases the PTB?

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Tony Blair says Iraq would be far worse today under Saddam Hussein [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2013 OP

Asshole. Iraq was stable before we invaded. randome Feb 2013 #1

I know what you mean! Pterodactyl Feb 2013 #16

Iraqi women were among the most educated in the ME, they had health care and free schools. Many kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #51

Tony just follows the Cheney line. go west young man Feb 2013 #2

Sickening Magleetis Feb 2013 #3

Not for the thousands of innocents killed KaryninMiami Feb 2013 #4

And the trillions spent... Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #10

Yeah, no, Tony. Sorry. Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #5

So their Economy is stronger John2 Feb 2013 #8

Hell, we're still paying off parts of WWII, so, I'm guessing this will be on the card for decades. Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #9

What fu*king asininity: Tony, tell that to the dead, the bludgeoned, the carnaged, the homeless, the indepat Feb 2013 #6

Of course he does......... Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #7

Tony SamKnause Feb 2013 #11

Because of the invasion Babel_17 Feb 2013 #12

It's hard for him to walk down the street y'all lib87 Feb 2013 #13

Ah be presidentin'. AAO Feb 2013 #14

Oh, look, it's bLiar poodle walking with puppet Bush magellan Feb 2013 #15

I think the proper response to the former P.M. is........ Capt.Rocky300 Feb 2013 #17

Jackpine says the UK would be much worse off today under BLiar. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #18

Hard as it is to imagine, the current lot are worse. LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #35

Who knows, really? Mz Pip Feb 2013 #19

That's not the f***ing point is it? Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #20

Your last sentence ought to be a bumper sticker. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #46

Blair is a lapdog criminal along with Bush! SCVDem Feb 2013 #21

yeah, they are way better off now breathing that depleted uranium dust for the next 4 billion years. olddad56 Feb 2013 #22

Every day for the rest of his life The Wizard Feb 2013 #23

That is an unfortunate photo... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #24

Which is kinda like being the poodle of a poodle, isn't it? randome Feb 2013 #25

I find it supremely defining DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #26

Hard to believe this is the type of leadership we've known in the US. MichiganVote Feb 2013 #27

Tony Blair...the prime minister Britain should never have had...the leader Labour never needed. Ken Burch Feb 2013 #28

I remember watching CSPAN the night he was first elected PM Doctor_J Feb 2013 #54

It turned out he was more interested in punishing his own party for taking brave stands in the 80's Ken Burch Feb 2013 #56

Saddam was the US puppet until he rebelled about drilling for oil and selling for nothing....... PDJane Feb 2013 #29

Tony's right! All that money! All those alive people! Festivito Feb 2013 #30

Judi Lynn Diclotican Feb 2013 #31

Thank you, Diclotican, for your thoughtful remarks. This war can never be forgiven. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2013 #32

Okay, Tony. . .have you gotten your tongue out of Bush's ass yet? Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2013 #33

Tongue? Try the entire head all the way past the shoulders 47of74 Feb 2013 #41

It couldn't be worse that what they have now. LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #34

Blair Didn't Answer His Own Question DallasNE Feb 2013 #36

Mr. Blair ever heard of jzodda Feb 2013 #37

I really... sendero Feb 2013 #38

I suspect the opposite - someone so convinced of the good of his own goal that he refuses to karynnj Feb 2013 #43

Shut the fuck up, Tony deutsey Feb 2013 #39

He needs to define what he means by worse off or better off lunatica Feb 2013 #40

Why isn't this horse's ASS in prison for war crimes? 47of74 Feb 2013 #42

The same reason Bush, Cheney, et al, aren't. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #44

the poodle yaps. nt Javaman Feb 2013 #45

Considering the "Arab Spring" Saddam Hussein might not even be in power today due Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #47

lock that fucker up ThomThom Feb 2013 #48

Disgusting. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #49

For Iraqi women, America's promise of democracy is anything but liberation ronnie624 Feb 2013 #50

No, and the USA is much worse off without him being there. (Think about the cost) nt kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #52

"So the killing of around 2 million Iraqis can be undeniably justified" Doctor_J Feb 2013 #53

What an Asshole! burrowowl Feb 2013 #55