Move to impeach Blair gains ground -

[Democrat 4 Ever]

This can't make Bushy feel too good -


Move to impeach Blair gains ground

London, Sept. 18. (Guardian News Service: Members of the UK parliament mounting an attempt to impeach Tony Blair for allegedly misleading the country over the war with Iraq on Thursday expressed confidence they could secure enough support to force a debate early next year.

The organisers, who launched the campaign last month, have the backing of 21 MPs. By January they hope to secure 50 supporters to revive this antiquated parliamentary device.

The campaign has received added impetus from the United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, who declared the US-led invasion of Iraq illegal earlier this week.

Alex Salmond, the Scottish National Party leader and one of the organisers, said: ``It is important democratically, when all other procedures fail, that parliament call the prime minister to account.''

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/003200409180319.htm

[dennis4868]

1. AT LEAST OTHER COUNTRIES......

hold their leaders accountable for misleading a country into an illegal war....in our country you can be responsible for the deaths of over 1000 soldiers and tens of thousands of innocent iraqis deaths just as long as you dont get a BJ from someone that is not your wife....we live in the most pathetic country in the world! HELP!!!!

[otohara]

2. Please, Let This Happen

I want to see at least the other half of this quagmire fired! People here seem to be too chickenshit

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Not chicken shit

Delay controls the rules committee... you think he will allow this bill to go through?

THINK!

[Carla in Ca]

10. Could this be the reason they are pulling

some troops out of Iraq?

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. I wish we could have impeached bush

but hey, this is America and the crazy republicans are the kings of hipocrisy

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. And if Tony goes down...

the Chimpinator will pretend he hardly ever knew the guy (sort of like he hardly knew Ken Lay). Even though Blair was inexplicably willing to be Shrub's lapdog for the last 3 years, Shrub will dump him at the pound. "Tony who?"

[billbuckhead]

6. Carlyle Industries awaits

[DaveinMD]

7. it really hurts me

that Blair allowed himself to be Bush's lackey on Iraq. I had such high hopes for him.

[AmerDem]

8. I just read that the Brits are pulling out 1/3 of their troops

by October. That is another slap that shrub is going to feel.


http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1308007,00.html

[AgadorSparticus]

9. maybe it will be the seed to get the impeach ball going here in our own

country.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

11. Impeachment takes too long

and all we would end up with is Cheney who - as hard as it is to realize - would be worse the Bush. We just need to vote the jerks out of office in 45 days. Faster, neater, more satisfying. We can go for legal indictments after we ensue they do no more harm.

[AgadorSparticus]

12. i completely agree. i misspoke earlier. i was thinking of indictments

and criminal charges next year (i.e. plame indictments).