Originally Posted by
racedo
Tell that to David Kelly.
UK democracy was shown to be a sham where US told them what they were doing and UK had to get the story straight to fall into line.
Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. They played no part in it, had no citizens piloting the planes, did not have their Embassies providing any support for it yet the country was destroyed where as the instigators get UK weapons.
That is true, Tony Blair did not even know what the Americans were going to do when he committed to support them 100%. As I said - the die was cast.
Without wishing to stray too far from the original purpose of the thread, no one really knows why David Kelly took the ultimate option, and yes, parallels could be drawn between the actions of totalitarian regimes and the demise of David Kelly but I do not believe that it is relevant to this thread.
Perhaps the West (Europe) is now too weak and dysfunctional, as a certain Comrade Putin spouted in his Russian TV interview yesterday, and consequently would not be able to offer a more robust response to China's strategy,
IG