Grandad.Malky Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 So by your theory it all this blokes fault then.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldo_Galtieri The hand of god goal and another Thatcher term, they have a lot to answer for those Argies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Who were told that Iraq's missiles were 45 minutes from British interests. By Gordon (pardon the pun it was His Tonyness's speech)..... you mean.....a half truth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Who were told that Iraq's missiles were 45 minutes from British interests. Which we all knew was baloney at the time. See this for example from the time: http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DA63.htm If the Tories believed the propaganda then they were even more gullible than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Which we all knew was baloney at the time. See this for example from the time: http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DA63.htm If the Tories believed the propaganda then they were even more gullible than I thought. The words of the Prime Minister should be beyond reproach on such matters. They conned a nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 The words of the Prime Minister should be beyond reproach on such matters. They conned a nation. They didn't con the million of us protesting before the war. Where were the Tories then? They were backing the tissue of lies we had been told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 The words of the Prime Minister should be beyond reproach on such matters. They conned a nation. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, what if nothing had been done and there were WMD, if your beloved leader was faced with the same dilemma tomorrow what would he do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Hindsight is a wonderful thing Unlike telling bare faced lies to citizens and Parliament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Hindsight is a wonderful thing, what if nothing had been done and there were WMD, if your beloved leader was faced with the same dilemma tomorrow what would he do. Hopefully not fabricate the evidence that pointed to a threat in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Unlike telling bare faced lies to citizens and Parliament. Hopefully not fabricate the evidence that pointed to a threat in the first place. Perhaps some people shouldnt read the red tops. 24 September 2003 The dossier is published with a foreword from Tony Blair, which says: "The document discloses that his military planning allows for some of the WMD to be ready within 45 minutes of an order to use them." The prime minister tells MPs the intelligence concludes that Saddam Hussein "has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own Shia population. London's Evening Standard carries the headline: "45 minutes from attack". 24 September 2002 to 29 May 2003 During this period between the dossier's publication and Andrew Gilligan's reports, the Commons library has told Labour MP Peter Bradley, the 45-minute claim was mentioned only once in passing in the Commons and twice in more than 38,000 written questions. 25 September 2002 The Sun newspaper, Britain's biggest selling daily, has the headline: "Brits 45 mins from doom" about the threat to troops in Cyprus. The Star newspaper has the headline "Mad Saddam ready to attack: 45 minutes from a chemical war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Perhaps some people shouldnt read the red tops. I don't read any tabloid rags but that's beside the point, it wasn't the red tops that invented it was it? It was the Labour Government, was it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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