Oh my Gord! Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces a recall to the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War to explain discrepancies between his evidence and that of senior defence officials.
What is thick skinned, stubborn – and NEVER wrong? Yep, you’ve got it: a politician! And all those qualities might come in mighty handy if you find yourself the target of an inquiry into how your actions may have adversely affected a war – the Iraq War, to name but one.
So, it came as no surprise that after Prime Minister Gordon Brown (aka Gord), head held high in the face of protesters, marched into the Chilcot Inquiry via the front door last Friday (unlike his predecessor, who slunk in through the rear tradesmen’s entrance to give evidence), ‘dug’ himself a comfortable trench and ’stuck to his guns’, as it were. -->-->-->
Collateral Damages of Smart Sanctions on Iran
This time, the warmongers' silly season found its apogee in U.S. neo-conservative Daniel Pipes' advice to Obama to "bomb Iran," which appeared shortly after Tony Blair, having outlined why he helped invade Iraq, remarked ominously, "We face the same problem about Iran today."
The Chilcot Inquiry in the United Kingdom on how the Iraq War was launched ironically coincided with a considerable military build-up in the Persian Gulf region. All this occurred amidst the continued struggle of Iran's civil rights movement and proclamations of Western leaders to be in support of the movement's efforts. But is there any evidence for this? -->-->-->
If the Generals don't say anything who will, and get listened to! The pols make the decisions the Militaries live with!
Labour goes to war against the ex-generals
Criticism of the Prime Minister by retired military chiefs over defence spending risks politicising the forces, a leading constitutional expert warns today.
Writing in The Times, Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government at the University of Oxford, attacks the former Chief of Defence Staff General Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank for his criticisms of Gordon Brown’s funding of the Forces and compares such criticism to the politicisation of the German army before the Second World War. -->-->-->
What the military chiefs said about Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown hit back at former military chiefs who accused him of starving the armed forces of funds when he was Chancellor.
Mr Brown gave evidence last Friday at the Chilcot Inquiry into the war in Iraq, where he insisted he had always provided military commanders with the equipment they requested. The following day he made a visit to Afghanistan.
But at least three former military chiefs criticised Mr Brown, branding his Chilchot evidence "disingenuous". -->-->-->
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