Why I know weapons expert Dr David Kelly was murdered, by the MP who spent a year investigating his death »
Posted By dissent 6 months, 4 weeks ago in NewsFor Tony Blair it was a glorious day. He was in the United States being feted by the U.S. Congress and President Bush.
Their adulation was such that he was being offered the rare honour of a Congressional Gold Medal.
Naturally enough, Bush and his administration were hugely grateful for Blair's decision to join the United States in its invasion of Iraq.
That invasion was supposed to lead to the discovery and disposal of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and make the world a safer place.
But as Blair was lapping up the grateful plaudits from the U.S. Congress on July 17, 2003, the man who had done more than almost any other individual on earth to contain the threat from WMD lay dead in the woods at Harrowdown Hill in Oxfordshire.
For Dr David Kelly, the UK's leading weapons inspector, there was to be no adulation, no medal, no standing ovation.
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British diplomat David Broucher told the Hutton inquiry that, some months before Dr Kelly's death, he had asked him what would happen if Iraq were invaded.
Rather chillingly, Dr Kelly replied that he "would probably be found dead in the woods".
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we live in a culture of war.
let's make it a culture of peace.
"my country is the world. and my religion is to ...
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gamahuche6 months, 4 weeks ago
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Bliar is top of my list.
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The tragedy of Dr Kelly is truly appalling and along with the murder of the young Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes, on the London Underground by Special branch officers, ranks among the heinous crimes committed during the Blair Regime.
Not such a personal tragedy, but one which seriously affected the freedom of the media, was the virtual disembowelling of the BBC, based on specious and bogus falsifications by Alastair Campbell, Bliar's "communications chief", which was tied in with the aforesaid murder of Dr Kelly.
Though the BBC is still listenable it has lost its teeth and British culture has gone to hell during the last couple of decades.
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hyperbola6 months, 4 weeks ago
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Another Million in the Kitty
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So, Tony Blair has been awarded a $1m prize for "his exceptional leadership and steadfast determination in helping to engineer agreements and forge lasting solutions to areas in conflict". ...
The award - along with many of the other riches which have come Blair's way since he left Downing Street - is the payback for doing 'the right thing' by way of the US and Israel while he was in office.
The £2m-plus annual fee from JP Morgan Chase... the $250,000 for a 45-minute speech on the US lecture circuit... the all-expenses paid jaunts to Jerusalem as the Quartet's (ineffectual) Middle East envoy... it all serves as a reminder to members of the western political elite of the enormous financial rewards that will come their way if they toe the line.
....We know that money has always been a major motivator for the Blairs, as it is for most politicians everywhere. The number of genuinely principled politicians - the Tony Benns and Enoch Powells of this world, who are prepared to put their beliefs before their careers and long-term financial security - is very small indeed. And Washington and Tel Aviv know this.
The message from both the US and Israel to Britain's political elite could not be clearer: if you continue to follow the 'right' foreign policy and take your country into wars which we desire - such as Iraq - you can look forward to a very comfortable retirement.
Today it's Blair who’s reaping the financial benefits for his Atlanticism and his pro-Zionism; tomorrow it will be David Cameron, who also supported the Iraq war and who stayed silent as Israel bombarded Gaza.
After the disaster in Iraq, many Britons would love to see a reorientation of our country's foreign policy. But they are likely to be disappointed until other countries can offer our opportunistic and unprincipled leaders the lucrative pension plans that the US and Israel can afford.
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/46559,opinion,tony-b...
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