Live at Truthdig: Does the U.S. Need Its Own Chilcot Report?
Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer sat down with his team for a live discussion on the ramifications of Britain’s Chilcot report. Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer sat down with his team for a live discussion on the ramifications of Britain’s Chilcot report.
Tony Blair, who was Britain’s prime minister at the time of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. (Flickr / CC 2.0)
Early Thursday morning, a British inquiry into the Iraq War released a report condemning former Prime Minister Tony Blair and the British government’s role in joining the U.S. invasion. The Chilcot report — named after the chairman of the investigation, John Chilcot — took seven years to produce and contains 2.6 million words.
Thursday, Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and his team sat down for a live discussion of the Chilcot report and its implications. What does the report mean in the wake of Brexit? Does the United States need its own Chilcot report? And if so, will the U.S. be able to produce an objective critique of its own policy? Watch the live discussion below:
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The People’s Tribunal on the Iraq War wants to expose the lies and human toll of the ongoing invasion.
It's dizzying to try to keep up with the drama of British politics in the post-Brexit era as resignations and elections seem to never-endingly roll in Through it all, however, one man has continued to weather the storm of betrayals and right-wing plots It's dizzying to try to keep up with the drama of British politics in the post-Brexit era as resignations and elections seem to never-endingly roll in.
I won’t disguise my impatience with the release of the Chilcot Report on Britain’s involvement in the 2003-2016 Iraq War.
In the wake of the Chilcot Report, there should be a serious effort to hold leaders like George W Bush and Britain's Tony Blair accountable for the ongoing death and destruction in Iraq and beyond In the wake of the Chilcot Report, there should be a serious effort to hold leaders like George W.
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