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Tony Blair: 'Elements of truth' that Iraq war caused rise of ISIS | Christian News on Christian Today
But Blair acknowledged that he and other Western leaders made a mistake in trusting and relying on the intelligence information they received on Saddam's military strength, especially his rumoured "weapons of mass destruction."
Later on, the intelligence reports on Saddam's "weapons of mass destruction" turned out to be false and no such weapon was found in the extensive search conducted by allied troops after Iraq fell.
The war that followed between pro-Saddam fighters and Iraqi forces backed up by US and British troops led to deadly sectarian violence that experts said led to the birth of al Qaeda terrorist organisation in Iraq, which then branched out into today's ISIS.
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Is It Really Better That Saddam's Gone?
In human terms, the accounting is stark. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are estimated to have been killed in the violence unleashed in 2003, though the true number of deaths remains unknown. The continuing bloodshed in Iraq has contributed to the biggest refugee crisis since World War II, and the ascent of ISIS has exacerbated the outflow of refugees from Syria as well. “They are the forgotten casualties of the Iraq war. Fully one in six Iraqis (4.7 million people) fled or were forced from their homes following the U.S. led invasion in 2003, and most have not returned,” the International Rescue Committee writes. “Close to half are living in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Syria, while the remainder are uprooted within Iraq’s borders.” How would they answer the question of whether things are better now that Saddam’s gone?
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Because Hillary voted for the war, the GOP's contention is that it's all Hillary's fault and Bush and the GOP are totally exonerated. That from a press release published all over the Land of Milk and Cookies located on the Bizarro world of the GOP.
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Republicans released the Genie from the bottle. The worst thing we can do is put them back into the position of controlling US foreign policy.
But Blair acknowledged that he and other Western leaders made a mistake in trusting and relying on the intelligence information they received on Saddam's military strength, especially his rumoured "weapons of mass destruction."
Later on, the intelligence reports on Saddam's "weapons of mass destruction" turned out to be false and no such weapon was found in the extensive search conducted by allied troops after Iraq fell.
The war that followed between pro-Saddam fighters and Iraqi forces backed up by US and British troops led to deadly sectarian violence that experts said led to the birth of al Qaeda terrorist organisation in Iraq, which then branched out into today's ISIS.
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Is It Really Better That Saddam's Gone?
In human terms, the accounting is stark. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are estimated to have been killed in the violence unleashed in 2003, though the true number of deaths remains unknown. The continuing bloodshed in Iraq has contributed to the biggest refugee crisis since World War II, and the ascent of ISIS has exacerbated the outflow of refugees from Syria as well. “They are the forgotten casualties of the Iraq war. Fully one in six Iraqis (4.7 million people) fled or were forced from their homes following the U.S. led invasion in 2003, and most have not returned,” the International Rescue Committee writes. “Close to half are living in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Syria, while the remainder are uprooted within Iraq’s borders.” How would they answer the question of whether things are better now that Saddam’s gone?
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Because Hillary voted for the war, the GOP's contention is that it's all Hillary's fault and Bush and the GOP are totally exonerated. That from a press release published all over the Land of Milk and Cookies located on the Bizarro world of the GOP.
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Republicans released the Genie from the bottle. The worst thing we can do is put them back into the position of controlling US foreign policy.
