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Chilcot's Can of Worms -- Autopsy of a Disaster

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If Americans cannot bring themselves to this 'place', then Mercouris' earlier assessment vis a vis Chilcot passes the 'pinch test'; it is largely irrelevant, a sideshow of sorts. To this day, even during the reign of the 'Peace President', the bedlamites are still calling the shots. Whether for Americans, Britons, or Aussies or any other nations who might be called upon by Uncle Sam to do 'his' bidding in the cause of empire, that's unlikely to change anytime soon, especially if Hillary Clinton snags the keys to the White House. In which case we can then expect to be menaced on an endless basis by a veritable conga-line of imaginary hobgoblins, at least until the aforementioned bedlamites -- past and present -- face war crimes charges themselves, or are 'banished' from the imperial realm.

As a fitting coda to the ruminations herein, the following observation -- coming as it does from Margolis, a man whose long experience reporting on Iraq positioning him as an especially credible commentator -- is noteworthy. For him, Bush, Blair (and I would also include our own former PM John Howard) all have the needless deaths of thousands of soldiers on their heads, the devastation of Iraq, [a] $1 trillion plus war, the ever-expanding mess in the Mideast, and the violence that we wrongly blame on "terrorism" and so-called "radical Islam."

'The men and women responsible for this biggest disaster in our era should be brought to account. As long as Bush and Blair swan around and collect speaking fees, we have no right to lecture other nations, including Russia and China, on how to run a democracy or rule of law. Bush and Blair should be facing trial for war crimes at the Hague Court.'

Cue here the sound of my inner preacher calling out: 'Hey can Ah now gets me an "Amen" from the choir?'

Greg Maybury

Perth, Australia

28 July, 2016

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