We have cast iron proof of Tony Blair’s war crimes, so no more Chilcot excuses

‘Back in 2002 those of us who had been campaigning against the war on terror, just past its first phase in Afghanistan, could see that war on Iraq was firmly in the sights of the then prime minister Tony Blair and the US President George Bush.

The Blair trip to Crawford Texas to visit Bush in April 2002 was clearly a turning point. It was obvious to anyone who cared to read beyond the official anodyne announcements surrounding the visit that there had been a deal between the two to go to war in Iraq.

The memos published in the Mail on Sunday confirm that this was indeed the case. The memo from Colin Powell admits as much and talks expressly about how best to handle the run up to war.

There is no talk of diplomatic solutions to the situation in Iraq. What is discussed is how best to achieve he goal which both men had already set themselves – that of going to war in Iraq. Their motive was clear at the time: nothing less than regime change, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, would satisfy them.’

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