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Is Tony Blair to blame for the civil war in Iraq?
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<blockquote data-quote="faroukfarouk" data-source="post: 65857314" data-attributes="member: 242388"><p>I find the behavior of various politicians during that whole episode morally gut-wrenching and part of me would certainly feel that being impeached would be some sort of comeuppance for them.</p><p></p><p>Constitutionally it's probably more dubious, since the British Parliament voted on and passed a motion quite centrally related to the Iraq intervention. The fact that Parliament allowed itself to be grossly misled, therefore, spreads the apparent responsibility further than that of any one hapless individual.</p><p></p><p>In 1982 Tony Blair didn't want the armed forces to defend the Falkland Islands when they were invaded. When he saw how popular Mrs. Thatcher became as a result of their successful defence, however, he on his own admission thought the British people liked war. (Again, a skewed extrapolation.)</p><p></p><p>Up here in Canada, there was a similar situation - on another issue - between Prime Ministers Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker: Mr Pearson initiated a judicial enquiry about the actions of duly elected ministers of the previous government who were responsible to Parliament. Again, this is constitutionally dubious. If Parliament sanctions the actions of ministers, then the courts, which are supposed to implement, not overrule, the decisions of Parliament, should not be used to victimize ministers and former ministers, however hapless or pathetic.</p><p></p><p>(I am speaking of the state of affairs in Parliamentary systems, of course, such as those of Canada and the United Kingdom; the United States' system is based on the separation of powers.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="faroukfarouk, post: 65857314, member: 242388"] I find the behavior of various politicians during that whole episode morally gut-wrenching and part of me would certainly feel that being impeached would be some sort of comeuppance for them. Constitutionally it's probably more dubious, since the British Parliament voted on and passed a motion quite centrally related to the Iraq intervention. The fact that Parliament allowed itself to be grossly misled, therefore, spreads the apparent responsibility further than that of any one hapless individual. In 1982 Tony Blair didn't want the armed forces to defend the Falkland Islands when they were invaded. When he saw how popular Mrs. Thatcher became as a result of their successful defence, however, he on his own admission thought the British people liked war. (Again, a skewed extrapolation.) Up here in Canada, there was a similar situation - on another issue - between Prime Ministers Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker: Mr Pearson initiated a judicial enquiry about the actions of duly elected ministers of the previous government who were responsible to Parliament. Again, this is constitutionally dubious. If Parliament sanctions the actions of ministers, then the courts, which are supposed to implement, not overrule, the decisions of Parliament, should not be used to victimize ministers and former ministers, however hapless or pathetic. (I am speaking of the state of affairs in Parliamentary systems, of course, such as those of Canada and the United Kingdom; the United States' system is based on the separation of powers.) [/QUOTE]
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