Tony Blair ‘not straight with the nation’ on Iraq War decisions
Sir John Chilcot has said he does not believe Tony Blair was “straight with the nation” about his decisions in the run-up to the Iraq War.
In an interview with the BBC on the anniversary of his report into the 2003 conflict, Sir John said the former prime minister had been “emotionally truthful” in his account of events leading up to the conflict.
But he suggested Mr Blair – who once described himself as “a pretty straight sort of guy” – relied on “belief” rather than “fact”.
Mr Blair’s office accused the BBC of putting words in Sir John’s mouth, and insisted that the full interview showed that the former Whitehall mandarin did not think he had “departed from the truth”.
Read more at: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/national/tony-blair-not-straight-with-the-nation-on-iraq-war-decisions-1-8042509
Transcript of interview with Sir John Chilcot per the investigation of Blair over the Iraq war.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40510539There's some real viciousness in all of this against Blair. The above story might be mild compared to what is out there. Being raked over the coals.
