Blair to be called for British Iraq inquiry

[Jan Klimkowski]

Iraq inquiry 'should be held in public'
Updated on 18 June 2009
Source ITN


Pressure is growing on the Government to hold an inquiry into the Iraq war in public.

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major said the inquiry risked being denounced as a "whitewash" unless there was full disclosure with witnesses giving evidence on oath, and the decision to hold it behind closed doors was "inexplicable".

And Lord Butler, who led a probe into intelligence about weapons of mass destruction, said: "The form of the inquiry proposed by the Government has been dictated more by the Government's political interest than the national interest and it cannot achieve the purpose of purging mistrust."

He told the Lords the inquiry should not just learn lessons about the war but have an element of a "truth and reconciliation" commission to it.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk...ic/3218732

:bandit:

There ya have it.

The purpose of the whitewash is to "purge mistrust" about the government's motives for invading Iraq.

And in the highly unlikely event that Tony Blair is found to have been mistaken or to have manipulated public opinion, there won't be any recriminations or prosecutions. Just Truth and Reconciliation.

I've now wasted a minute of my life contemplating this charade....