{"id":7713,"date":"2014-06-20T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=7713"},"modified":"2025-07-10T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:06:21","slug":"will-blair-ever-accept-responsibility-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/will-blair-ever-accept-responsibility-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Blair ever accept responsibility for Iraq?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7714\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ISISsoldiers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ISISsoldiers-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"ISIS Soldiers in Iraq\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ISISsoldiers-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ISISsoldiers-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ISISsoldiers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ISISsoldiers.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ISIS Soldiers in Iraq<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tony Blair should either apologise and accept responsibility for the mess that Iraq is in, or shut up, according to the Mayor of London.<\/p>\n<p>Boris Johnson has described Tony Blair&#8217;s latest intervention, calling for bombs to drop everywhere from Baghdad to Damascus, as &#8216;slightly unhinged&#8217; and &#8216;bonkers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-27867265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In an interview<\/a><\/strong>, Boris was asked if he had any advice for Tony Blair. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8220;My general message would be to put a sock in it really,&#8221;<\/span> said the Mayor. \u00a0&#8220;Paper bag on head time is my advice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Iraq intervention &#8216;tragic mistake&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Tony Blair and George W Bush oversaw the execution of Saddam Hussain. \u00a0Hypocritically Mr Blair would never have voted for the death penalty in Britain. \u00a0Furthermore they allowed the American &#8216;neo-cons&#8217; to pursue a policy of destroying Iraq&#8217;s Bathist infrastructure. \u00a0They hoped something stable would &#8216;evolve&#8217; from the &#8216;democracy&#8217; they imposed. \u00a0But the chaos and sectarian violence that came instead persists in Iraq to this day.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-27864603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Describing Britain&#8217;s Iraq intervention<\/a><\/strong> as <span style=\"color: #333333;\">a &#8220;tragic mistake&#8221; and a &#8220;misbegotten folly&#8221;, Mr Johnson seems at odds with William Hague, the Foreign Secretary. \u00a0He still believes it was the right thing to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7717\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HomsChurch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HomsChurch-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Christians are fleeing Homs as ISIS demands they pay a Dhimmi tax for 'protection'\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HomsChurch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HomsChurch-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HomsChurch.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christians are fleeing Homs as ISIS demands they pay a Dhimmi tax &#8211; Jizya &#8211; for &#8216;protection&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We continue to argue that Mr Hague has the blood of thousands of Syrians, including Syrian Christians, on his hands. \u00a0Hague backed the Islamist rebels in Syria rather than President Bashar Al-Assad, with all his faults. \u00a0He gave encouragement to\u00a0Al-Qaeda extremists and turned Syria into a blood-bath.<\/p>\n<p>Now the same ISIS extremists who are trying to overthrow Syria&#8217;s ruling Alawites, in order to massacre them and the Christians, are advancing in Iraq. \u00a0President Obama is considering air strikes against ISIS in Iraq. \u00a0What about ISIS in Syria?<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Responsibility to Protect&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Her Majesty&#8217;s Government became involved at the instigation of pro-democracy activists like those at the George Soros-funded &#8216;Open Society&#8217;. \u00a0Soros helped spread the so-called &#8216;Arab Spring&#8217;. \u00a0It gave hard-line Islamists a foothold and left chaos in its wake by funding opposition movements around the Mediterranean. \u00a0A doctrine invented by a Soros-funded think-tank, &#8216;Responsibility to Protect&#8217;, has given Western governments the excuse they needed to interfere and destabilise countries like Iraq and Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Only in Syria was Western military intervention avoided because the House of Commons voted against it. \u00a0We thanked God last August for such an answer to prayer. The Syrian Government has been able to fight the insurgents, despite the aid Britain and the United States gave the jihadists. \u00a0And now the chickens have come home to roost wearing an ISIS black flag. \u00a0Moreover, the Americans will have to fight the ISIS monster they have created in Iraq. \u00a0But it&#8217;s high time we switched sides in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Find out how to join Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings (clicking on the link below does not commit you to join)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P1OVTZ-gb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3940\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Today!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Join_donate_Logo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please note that persons wishing to comment on this story must enter a valid email address. 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