Labour Party war criminal publishes memoirs

According to Blair:

"I can't regret the decision to go to war... I can say that never did I guess the nightmare that unfolded, and that too is part of the responsibility."

Indeed it is. But many people did predict the nightmare -- myself included. I vividly recall those who said a war in Iraq would unleash a hellish intensity of tribal violence -- like Northern Ireland, but a hundred fold, said one. Blair, who had seen at close quarters the dynamics of sectarianism in Northern Ireland, should have known exactly what to expect.

While those on the left of the Labour Party are now, quite rightly, demonizing Blair for his record on Iraq, we shouldn't forget that he wasn't alone in this policy. For example, who can forget Jack Straw's performances on the Today Programme and elsewhere, day after day, where his weasel words gave political cover to Blair's iniquity. What about the rest of the cabinet, what were they saying at this time?

The Labour Party is stained for a generation. Good riddance.

More Balls

In his forlorn bid for the Labour leadership Mr. Ed Balls has been trying to reconnect with the grass roots of his party. The invasion of Iraq, he's been telling us, was a "mistake"...yep, that's right, a mistake. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought a mistake is like when you forget to buy a pint of milk in the supermarket, or when you miss your train...

The war in Iraq however, I'd call that a murderous act of aggression unleashed on the people of Iraq from hell, courtesy of Mr. George W Bush and his nasty little poodle, Tony Blair.

Why then wasn't Mr. Balls telling us about these "mistakes" before the election?

Why? Well it's because, like most of the rest of the Labour elite, Mr. Balls couldn't really give a damn about the innocents in Iraq his party shamelessly helped to kill.

The war in Iraq was not a mistake -- it was a crime. It was the deliberate work of a greedy Labour leader trying to earn himself some political capital whatever the consequences. In May 2010 it's about Blair's prospective successors trying to do exactly the same. The only difference is, these days the wind is blowing in a different direction.

Why did anyone vote for Labour in the recent election? Beats me.

Blood Money

The Iraq war, we were absolutely assured, was not about oil. Come to think of it, what was the Iraq war about? Tony Blair's hubris? His need to grandstand on an international stage, clinging to the USA's coattails? Over the years, the official explanation has morphed a few times to serve the political exigencies of the day. However this weekend we learnt that among Tony Blair's colossal £20m earnings, there is an undisclosed fee (for "advice") from oil giant UI Energy Corporation, a company with strong business interests in ...erm ...Iraq. Yep, so definitely not about oil then. It turns out Blair has been battling for the last couple of years to keep this one secret. Well no wonder. And no wonder he couldn't find any expression of regret while addressing the Chilcot Enquiry. Kerching. What a nice fellow.

I expect the families of our dead service personnel, and those of the dead children of Iraq will have some "advice" for Mr. Blair. And I bet they'd give it to him for free.