The intelligence bods got things badly wrong and govt must learn from the failings in the way the case was made - but we mustnt forget that most MPs voted for
action - and probably would have done so even if the case was less clear.
But there were many exceptions. I still remember the Sun newspaper headlines about Charles Kennedy (the leader at the time of the UK Liberal Democrats) who
led the campaign against military action. The paper compared him to a reptile on its front page.
Sadly he did not live to see his position vindicated and to rub salt in instead of apologising to his family after the Chilcot verdict the Sun pulled the story
from their web archive. Some of the original articles were despicable
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/remembering-what-the-sun-said-about-charles-kennedys-stance-on-the-iraq-war--ZkzlMM2PUrZ
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-sun-iraq_uk_577e2de3e4b074297db287a6
From: Anglo-American Health Policy Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Kenneth Thompson
Sent: 10 July 2016 19:08
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Didn't live long enough.
Ken Thompson MD
well, i don't think LBJ had to give interviews about Vietnam.
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Michael Gusmano <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I look shockingly old these days as well and I don’t feel guilty about dragging a country into the
Iraq war, so I would not criticize him for that...But the defensiveness of his recent remarks has been striking! He spent so much time defending his decision to follow W the other day the BBC kept interrupting and – on my NPR station – they finally just cut
him off!
Cheers,
Michael
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On Behalf Of May Tsung-Mei Cheng
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 11:37 AM
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Couldn’t agree more. Blair looked shockingly old in the FT picture last week. W. is still looking good though, but
rarely seen in public – for good reasons.
May
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Thanks Adam
Blair like Cameron each broken by one disastrous decision :Iraq and Brexit respectively