Before this example archbishop Desmond Tutu has appointed him a one of war-criminal and made call for him to the Hague war-crimes tribunal for crimes against humanity.
However, Annan said (according to The Guardian) he did not agree with fellow Nobel peace prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, over his suggestion that Bush and Blair should face proceedings in the international criminal court. Annan said they were democratically elected leaders acting in what they believed were their national interests.
A false argument by Annan, if I may say.
In an interview by Times to launch his memoirs, Annan said he had reflected on what would have happened if, without a second UN resolution over Iraq, Blair had refused to go to war with Iraq in 2003.
I will forever wonder what would have happened if, without a second UN resolution ... Blair had said 'George Bush, this is where we part company. You're on your own'," he told the Times. "I really think it could have stopped the war ... It would have given the Americans a pause. It would have given them a very serious pause to think it through ... All this would have raised a question: 'Do we go this alone?'While Annan argued that neither his resignation as UN secretary general or that of then US secretary of state, Colin Powell, would have changed the course of military action, only Blair could have made a difference had he spoken out.
Because of the special relationship and also the fact that ... when you think of the big countries, Britain was the only one that teamed up with Bush.Annan said he had done everything in his power to stop the war, which was justified heavily on the case that Iraq's ruler Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. No evidence of these were later found and Blair came under fire for relying on a "sexed-up" dossier, which claimed that Hussein had the capacity to activate biological and chemical weapons in 45 minutes.
The US-led invasion led to a war that lasted for eight years and is believed to have cost more than 100,000 lives.
For now here come our predictions: Blair will justify his actions by lying and subterfuge. He is so slimy. Any damning evidence and testimony given by people close to, or consulted by the Governments/Judges will be ignored.
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