This article in The Guardian linked to the title, is interesting as it presents a Story that has not been in the media here, the English are questioning their role in the Iraq War, and the legality of the war and the thrust and rush of going there, and was it a ginned up effort.Sadly they are hitting legal walls and difficulties putting together a panel- but the article asks interesting questions and raises concerns. If they are willing to examine the History of that period of time and decisions made, when will we ?
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They are also starting to examine of their soldiers violated the Geneva Conventions, The Independent has more about the Investigation. It would appear that Britian is looking not only at their role in the Iraq War, but also their conduct.
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11.24.09 Raw Story In British Hearings today it came out that THE BUSH GOVERNMENT STARTING TALKING ABOUT TAKING OUT THE IRAQI REGIME ONE MONTH AFTER TAKING OFFICE IN FEBRUARY 2001.
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11.24.09 The Guardian reveals report with Evidence of Complicity in Torture...
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11.24.09 The Independent has more revelations as to how the Drumbeat for Iraq War began LONG before 911, Most of the UK papers are starting to point out that Blair was led by Bush down this path.
2 comments:
I was so hoping they would do this. They listened to their people. It is my hope an airing of the truth will help encourage prosecution here.
"If they are willing to examine the History of that period of time and decisions made, when will we?"
Sadly, probably never. The US has a long history (going back at least to Andrew Jackson) of giving its rulers a pass for crimes committed against non-US-citizens. The main arguments, spurious as they look to anyone with a soul, fall into two camps.
1)-We can't investigate past administrations after power has passed to another party because it would lead to an endless political vendetta.
(To which I say that all the incoming party has to do to avoid that is to keep their own hands scrupulously clean. Note that Obama was up to his neck in the same filth that tainted Bush within weeks of entering the White House.)
2)-The nation needs to heal and move on.
(To which I say that John Dean's description of Watergate as "a cancer on the presidency" was perfectly accurate. You don't treat cancer with a band-aid and a cup of sweet tea. Surgery is sometimes required. Untreated, the colony infected the Reagan administration (Iran/Contra.) Still untreated metastasis occurred, leading to the criminal regime of Bush the Lesser.)
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