Claim: Blair feared U.S. would ‘nuke the sh*t’ out of Afghans.

BurtWorm

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Mon Jun-18-07 03:14 PM
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Claim: Blair feared U.S. would ‘nuke the sh*t’ out of Afghans.

Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 03:34 PM by BurtWorm

According to Think Progress. Plausible, but also plausible that Blair's men are covering his posterior for him for posterity's sake:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/18/blair-backed-bush-in-afghanistan-to-avoid-nuke-war/

“Britain joined the United States’ invasion to oust the Taliban in 2001 because it feared America would ‘nuke the shit’ out of Afghanistan, the former British ambassador to Washington reportedly told a television documentary to be screened Saturday.”

Christopher Meyer said that fear explained why Prime Minister Tony Blair chose to stand with US President George W. Bush in his decision to invade Afghanistan in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — to temper his aggressive battle plans.

“Blair’s real concern was that there would be quote unquote ‘a knee-jerk reaction’ by the Americans … they would go thundering off and nuke the shit out of the place without thinking straight,” Meyer reported told the documentary, according to the Mirror.

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Alexia Wheaton

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Mon Jun-18-07 03:24 PM
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1. Bush could have used some type of nuclear weapon.

He would have had the support do to so, at least in late 2001.

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enid602

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Mon Jun-18-07 03:29 PM
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2. "thundering off and nuke the shit "

Maybe Blair was more concerned that Gannon would stop *'ing the shit out of him.

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Gidney N Cloyd

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Mon Jun-18-07 03:31 PM
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3. Why did my bullshit alarm just go off?

Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 03:32 PM by Gidney N Cloyd

Because this reason makes Tony Blair and the UK look like heroes instead of toadies who go along with the US on everything to keep from sinking into EU obscurity?

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Mon Jun-18-07 03:36 PM
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4. Right. And, Mussollini joined the Axis because he feared Hitler would invade Poland.

Where did I put my waders and nose plugs?

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