Penned on July 23, 2002 and marked "extremely sensitive," [the “Downing Street Memo” of Matthew Rycroft, [then Prime Minister Tony] Blair's former private secretary] acknowledged that a deal had been made to invade Iraq and the particulars were already being worked out. At the time both nations were publicly declaring that no decision had been made, with some of the most ardent behind-the-scenes hawks even telling the press they hoped war could be averted.[...]
Amid an inquiry into the 2003 military invasion of Iraq, David Cameron, the sitting British Prime Minister, called for public pressure on [Blair] over his refusal to release letters sent to US President George W. Bush in the lead-up to war.
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The committee was recently told by [Rycroft] that he'd written two different retellings of the communications between Blair and Bush, in order to obscure what really transpired.
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In the US, efforts to investigate the Bush administration, over the wars, for its torture programs, secret prisons, invasions of privacy and a litany of other abuses, were seen as dead in the water. President Obama, at the beginning of his term, declared that his administration would be looking "forward" instead of backwards with regards to the prior administration's most controversial actions.
Yes, while on the other side of the pond, they’re at least going through the motions of investigating the invasion of Iraq, on this side, we’re just going to “look forward.” Forward to our continuing presence there, and elsewhere around the globe.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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