The Guardian: SMOKING GUN - "America wanted war"

Dossiers and proof of WMD are a sideshow - Blair backed Bush for one simple reason

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Martin Kettle
Wednesday July 16, 2003
The Guardian

The British people were indeed tricked into the Iraq war. But the trickery was not forensic. It was not really about intelligence dossiers, whether sexed up by Alastair Campbell or otherwise. It even had little to do with weapons of mass destruction, whether possessed or programmed by Iraq.

The deception was always political. It concerned the true reasons why Britain went to war, stuck by America's side, abandoned its principal allies and interests in Europe, and played fast and loose with the United Nations. Like all deceptions, this was not admitted in public. But it was certainly discussed in private. And now it has been revealed. Ladies and gentlemen, it looks as if we have a smoking gun. http://www.guardian.co.uk

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