Mad, bad and dangerous to know

On 29 January 2010 Tony Blair faced the Chilcot Inquiry to answer questions on his role in the Iraq war - primarily its legality. No-one seems to know or understand why Blair took Britain into this war and his own reasons have changed over time. His original justification - WMD and Saddam's breach of UN resolution 1441 - did not appear to hold water and with hindsight looks paper thin. The Inquiry has added little to change people's opinions or reveal much new information, but it has confirmed what many believed - that legal advice was brushed aside and that evidence was used very selectively. Many would go further and say that information was withheld, key individuals bullied into changing their official opinion, and lies were told to parliament and the public. These views have been published many times and no-one has been sued for libel. And just a few days before the inquiry Blair told a TV chat show host that he would have found a way to topple Saddam anyway!

A pivotal issue is the unprovable claim by some senior UK government officials that Blair committed, in 2002, to going to war alongside Bush, and that everything else that followed was made to fit that pledge. This would fit all the known facts. But even if that could be proved, it still provides no clue as to why Blair made this decision when, according to his own ministers, Bush even gave him the opportunity to pull out at the last minute. Putting aside the official reason, let's suppose it was oil or revenge for the first Gulf war - but these were's Bush's reasons, not Blair's. A small but growing number of commentators have come to the conclusion that the only plausible explanation is Blair's psyche - egotism, megalomania, narcissism - call it what you will.

The USA have such massive power becuase we in the UK give it to them. Every time you buy a Hollywood film, buy Nikes, scoff a Mcdonalds or slurp a Starbucks you prop them up. Stop it!

some of the greatest activists/anarchists on this island are mad, crazy, loony, survivors of the psychiatric system. some of us actually have the label "personality disorder" on our medical records. none of us have killed any iraqi people. none of us have killed anyone as it happens. so leave us out of it, please. there's enough stigma out there already making it seem like we are all dangerous killers, don't add to it, please.