Leaked Docs Told Blair Iraq War Illegal

A leaked transcript of a senior British government meeting indicates that the Bush administration viewed war with Iraq as “inevitable” as of July 2002, even though the rationale for war was “thin” and that “Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran.” It further states that the desire to bring about regime change was “not a legal base for military action”, and that the only legitimate reason to declare war was with UNSCOM approval. Most disturbingly, it indicates that there were “strategies for dealing with Libya and Iran. If the political context were right, people would support regime change.”


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2 responses to “Leaked Docs Told Blair Iraq War Illegal”

  1. David Avatar

    This is news?

  2. Andy Avatar

    The leaked document is news. The fact that we all knew this all along is not.

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