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alsame

(7,784 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 08:24 AM Jun 2014

Boris Johnson: Tony Blair's Iraq comments 'unhinged'

16 June 2014 Last updated at 05:08 ET

Boris Johnson has described Tony Blair's argument that the violent insurgency in Iraq has nothing to do with the 2003 invasion as "unhinged".

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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.

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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."


VIDEO at link
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27864603

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Boris Johnson: Tony Blair's Iraq comments 'unhinged' (Original Post) alsame Jun 2014 OP
when a bum like Boris can slam you DonCoquixote Jun 2014 #1
I wish someone had the guts to alsame Jun 2014 #2
It's just stupid people saying stupid things, again. tridim Jun 2014 #3

DonCoquixote

(13,615 posts)
1. when a bum like Boris can slam you
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 09:00 AM
Jun 2014

you know you have sunk way, way way down the ladder of credibility and respect.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
3. It's just stupid people saying stupid things, again.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 09:27 AM
Jun 2014

These people were not, and are not smart. Why does anyone expect them to say intelligent things now?

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