tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post6699363664363462310..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: WHY DO THE ENGLISH HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL?Munguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-79785726749744241002010-01-28T21:43:35.798+00:002010-01-28T21:43:35.798+00:00I think, Dean, that all these things are done by b...I think, Dean, that all these things are done by banks and banks of international lawyers. Of course it is politicians and civil servants who present them, (but most of them appear to be lawyers anyway), and of course they are advised by other lawyers.<br /><br />The thing to do in these matters is to be vague so that you can then interpret them anyway you want to, for whatever purpose.<br /><br />In this case clearly Goldsmith (a lawyer) and Straw (a lawyer), were told by Blair (a lawyer) and Falconer (a lawyer) to do what Bush (an idiot) and Cheney (the devil incarnate) wanted them to do.... <br /><br />It’s called politics. Simples!<br /><br /><br />Morality...... hmmmm..... nope, I've checked. That's something they talk lots about and do nothing about......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-44784336732546073572010-01-28T14:20:18.385+00:002010-01-28T14:20:18.385+00:00Tris,
I agree that the behaviour of some of these...Tris,<br /><br />I agree that the behaviour of some of these cabinet ministers is simply unacceptable. They seek to extract themselvres from responsibility, such self serving behaviour is hardly fitting for a minister of Her Majesty's government.<br /><br />That said, I fail to see what is so shocking about any of this. Iraq was controvercial, and agree or disagree it has happened, and it is nearly a closed book by now. Was it legal? We will never get a definitive answer to that because the UN resolutions in question are too vague- this is what happens when we allow politicians to write these resolutions themselves. They will always use the vagaries of diplomatic 'politispeak'.<br /><br />I say that lawyers should draft future Resolutions, and politicans will have to adapt to the legalistic wording of the law. This way in the future there can be no room where we can go to war because of 'a few words'.<br /><br />That said, I do not accept the war was illegal. Though I accept there is a seperate debate to be had about the relative morality of the whole affair.Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-40462004092016449362010-01-28T12:49:16.510+00:002010-01-28T12:49:16.510+00:00All these politicians, most of whom are lawyers, g...All these politicians, most of whom are lawyers, getting up there and lying through their teeth about how it was nothing to do with them, and they did thier best, and there was no career management in it....<br /><br /><br />Pfffffffffffffffffff....<br /><br />President Bush was running the country. Blair was terrified to go against him for fear of being treated like what he really was....a small European prime minister of absolutely no import whatsoever........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-46956255371580819842010-01-28T01:23:30.066+00:002010-01-28T01:23:30.066+00:00It was a slick performance. Very well rehearsed t...It was a slick performance. Very well rehearsed too. Of course we all know the writing had been on the wall for months - the US was going to war.<br /><br />No we know just how much Blair humiliated the name of these islands by whoring them, aided and abetted by Campbell and crew, to his pal Bush.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-60447758827328266032010-01-28T00:49:31.604+00:002010-01-28T00:49:31.604+00:00If he doesn't measure up that might be the lea...If he doesn't measure up that might be the least of his worries....<br /><br />I saw him laugh out loud yesterday when that lady lawyer from the Foreign Affairs Ministry muttered something very cutting about Jack Strawman NOT being an INTERNATIONAL lawyer.<br /><br />I wouldn't be taking any walks in the woods or up mountains any time soon Mr Chilcot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-75856539961193088662010-01-28T00:28:31.109+00:002010-01-28T00:28:31.109+00:00He didn't clear much up did he?
I'm wond...He didn't clear much up did he? <br /><br />I'm wondering if Sir John Chilcot is going to be the patsy we were all expecting. I can't understand how Gordon Brown et al were not able to get someone who is more sugestable. He better watch out if he does not get with the picture PDQ he wont get his bottom on a red baize chair.Munguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.com