OT:US don't qualify for EU membership, don't spank children, WW2 history.

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Heard that earlier today as well Tesco. Although as usual the details don't match the hedalines. There is no proof here that Blair "knew Iraq wasn't an imminent threat". All we have here is a memo from one of the people advising Blair. The opinoin of one of his analysts that Iraq wasn't a threat.

It was never stated that the belief of Iraq's threat was unanimous. Of course there were desenting opinions among Blair and Bush's cabinets. In any group of advisors you are going to get twice as many opinions as you have advisors. There were many people advising them that Iraq was a serious and imminent threat as well. They decided to believe them. That doesnt mean they lied.