Getting what they Deserve

I used to like and admire Tony Blair. In any case, he is far more articulate and seemingly rational than the Chimperor Disgustus.

But then he joined forces with Bush to sell this war, and with his position on the political spectrum pretty much guaranteed that war opponents would have no chance to politically oppose this war (of course the Democrats in Congress didn't help any either).

Some modicum of justice may be neigh for both of them:

TONY BLAIR is set to face an unprecedented parliamentary inquiry into his conduct in the run-up to the Iraq war.

A coalition of Tory and Labour MPs is to table a motion to set up a Commons committee to examine “the conduct of ministers” both before and after the war. They believe they need the support of about 30 Labour rebels to succeed.

The committee, comprising seven privy counsellors, would have the power to see all sensitive documents and call any British witnesses, including intelligence chiefs.

The failure to plan for the aftermath is likely to be at the heart of the committee’s inquiries now that Iraq is in the grip of a violent insurgency, says the Tory MP Douglas Hogg, one of the inquiry’s architects and who is canvassing support for the move. The coalition already has backing from the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish and Welsh Nationalists.

If Blair (or a handful of Democrates) had stood up to the United States, it would have given opponents a chance to defeat Bush on Iraq. But as usual, when the war drums beat, the wuss comes out in too many people. Nobody wants to be called a passivist...why that's worse than being a fucking psychopath anymore.