Re: Chilcot Report
Just been reading this on the BBC website by Lord Butler speaking of Tony Blair regarding Iraq....
"My criticism of him was the way in which he reported the intelligence. He exaggerated the reliability of the intelligence...he was trying to persuade the UN and the world that there was a proper legal basis for taking military action."
"In the fact the Joint Intelligence Committee had said to him that the intelligence was sporadic and patchy. He said to the House of Commons that it was extensive, detailed and authoritative.
"That was where the inconsistency lay. I don't call that a lie."
Well I bloody well would, wouldn't you? How was it not a lie if he knew it wasn't the truth? What flaming planet do these people inhabit?