Boris Tells Blair To Put A Sock In It

Subject: Boris Tells Blair To Put A Sock In It
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tinydude 16.06.14 - 04:05pm
On Iraq (clap2)

The London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has said that he thinks Tony Blair should put a sock in it rather than comment on the situation in Iraq.

Mr Johnson said that when looking at the current situation in Iraq it was important to consider the impact of previous foreign intervention in the country.

[link]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27867265[/link]

Blair sounding off about Iraq reminds me of the Bill Hicks skit when Bush senior said 'we live in dangerous times...' And Hicks said 'Yeah, thanks to you!'

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3mel 16.06.14 - 04:15pm
not that I'd trust Boris on foreign policy matters either, but fair shout.. * +

tinydude 16.06.14 - 04:16pm
Boris Johnson has described Tony Blair's argument that the violent insurgency in Iraq has nothing to do with the 2003 invasion as ''unhinged''.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Mayor of London says the former prime minister is undermining the case for ''serious and effective intervention''.

He described the invasion as a tragic mistake and a misbegotten folly.

Mr Blair was prime minister when forces invaded Iraq in 2003 on the basis that it had weapons of mass destruction.

On Sunday, Mr Blair said there would still be a ''major problem'' in Iraq now even if Saddam Hussein had not been toppled in 2003.

Mr Blair insisted the current crisis was an issue that ''affects us all'' and urged more western intervention in the area.

Writing in his weekly column, the Mayor of London said he has ''come to the conclusion that Tony Blair has finally gone mad''.

He writes: ''The Iraq war was a tragic mistake; and by refusing to accept this, Blair is now undermining the very cause he advocates - the possibility of serious and effective intervention.

''Blair's argument (if that is the word for his chain of bonkers assertions) is that we were right in 2003, and that we would be right to intervene again.

''Many rightly recoil from that logic. It is surely obvious that the 2003 invasion was a misbegotten folly.''

He later writes: ''Somebody needs to get on to Tony Blair and tell him to put a sock in it - or at least to accept the reality of the disaster he helped to engender. Then he might be worth hearing.''

[link]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27864603[/link] * +

tranie 16.06.14 - 04:17pm
good on ya BOJO not often i agree with the wild haired baffoon but he is spot on this time (clap) * +

3mel 16.06.14 - 04:31pm

@ prismf - 16.06.14 - 04:22pm
i think boris makes legitimate warning comments and this time western involvement should be zilch....as bad as it is! there were calls being made on the news last night for western intervention from their people.
think the west should unstick their noses in all the easts political problems and concentrate more on the mess on their own doorsteps that they have created and allowed to happen....

but that's far more treacherous in the eyes of the world surely !?!

contribute to the existence of the problem, then turn away and say sort it out yourself as Iraqi soldiers are being machine gunned over open graves... * +

3mel 16.06.14 - 04:33pm

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obsidian21 16.06.14 - 05:16pm
oh mel, that looks so sad(poor) * +

mz.c 16.06.14 - 05:19pm
wish someone would tell u hehe

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