I watched a few segments of the very gentle grilling given former British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday. His insouciance was matched by his bravado and ego, but what came across, even more than it did when he was Prime Minister, was his utter cruelty and wickedness enhanced by the complete lack of a conscience.
And he recently became a Catholic. Does the Church know what an Incubus they've got here? (Now wait. That was snark. Everyone's supposed to understand these things.)
The panel was calm, measured, informed and skeptical; their questions, though gently -- and genteelly -- put, were to the point and comprehensive. Blair did not perform as extravagantly as he used to do before Parliament, but he was certainly "on."
Everyone assumes there will be no criminal liability for the High and the Mighty who allowed, enabled, and conducted the Iraq invasion, but at least some of the Truth seems to have leaked out, and those of us who have been consistently opposed to this misadventure in restoring the fragmented British Empire continue to be right, not that it will do us any good.
Iran must be next.
The Guardian presents an 8½ minute highlight reel for your inspection:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2010/jan/29/tony-blair-iraq-inquiry-afternoon
Their story on the Blair Testimony is dry but useful.
Also read Chris Floyd on the Blair appearance, and because you should anyway.
"Less jibber jabber, more guillotines." -- something (really) stinks.
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