July 20, 2004

Blair dons Thatcher mantle to defend war on Saddam

A defiant Tony Blair refused to apologise for the Iraq war last night and sought to cloak himself in the mantle of Lady Thatcher by telling MPs to "rejoice" that Iraq had been liberated.
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He refused to give ground to his critics, even though no stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons have been found and Iraq is now the "front line of the war against terrorism".
[That's right, Tony! That's why we're there and 'preciate you being there with us, shoulder to shoulder!--Jen]

The "blessings from the fall of Saddam" were great. Removing him had not been a war crime, it was an act of liberation for the Iraqi people.

Facing interruptions from MPs who opposed the war, Mr Blair said: "Whatever mistakes have been made let us rejoice, let us be pleased Iraq has been liberated." His remarks echoed Lady Thatcher's declaration during the Falklands conflict in 1982 that the country should "rejoice" that the Marines had recaptured South Georgia from Argentina.

Call it hunch, but I think that Tony realized anew at President Reagan's funeral when he watched Baroness Thatcher's flawlessly moving eulogy to "Ronnie" how splendid a Prime Minister she had been and knew that if he followed in her footsteps, he would certainly not put a foot wrong!
Yes, Tony, I rejoice almost daily that the Coalition did liberate Iraq and so do the Iraqi people!