Blair ‘Legacy’ Award: Diabolical & Absurd
By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer
At a time when delay of justice is injustice, war criminals like Tony Blair and George W. Bush continue to use their powers, connections and money to avoid international justice.
Worse, former UK prime minister and Iraq War architect Tony Blair is so good in avoiding justice that he has even used his former adviser and current director of Save the Children John Forsyth to grant him the organization’s prestigious Global Legacy Award!
The man, who in 2003 joined U.S. president George W. Bush to kill and maim hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, and is currently a key focus of international inquiries, received the award on Wednesday in New York for his supposed role in "protecting children from harm" in Africa!
The decision is so controversial that it has already unleashed international criticism: The personnel of Save the Children say the diabolical and absurd decision is inappropriate and a betrayal to the organization’s principles and values.
A petition with over 90,000 signatures so far has also denounced the award as morally reprehensible. The petition calls on Save the Children to revoke the award because "Blair is the cause of the deaths of countless children in the Middle East with damning allegations relating to his role as Middle East envoy and business dealings with autocratic rulers in the region".
At any rate, international awards cannot, and shouldn’t, determine the innocence of those responsible for an illegal war that led to the destruction of Iraq, enormous loss of lives, and continuing turmoil in the Middle East.
People like Blair and Bush should never be given the chance to escape justice, because their invasion was based on false grounds and spawned terrorism across the globe with terrifying consequences. Likewise, their costly war of deceit played a significant role in the collapse of the American banking system and the global economy.
This while according to several international commissions and independent inquiries, the invasion lacked legitimacy under international law. They say there was insufficient legitimacy for the invasion, and despite warning, the U.S. and the UK attacked Iraq on the pretext of possessing weapons of mass destruction. More than one million Iraqis were killed and injured while no WMD was ever discovered.
They say, peace if possible, but justice at any rate. So instead of awarding these war criminals, international charity organizations like Save the Children should join international efforts to hold to account those responsible for leading the world into this unnecessary mess.
They should also help facilitate a judicial process that could ultimately result in Tony Blair and George W. Bush being indicted for war crimes and crimes committed against humanity in Iraq.
Worse, former UK prime minister and Iraq War architect Tony Blair is so good in avoiding justice that he has even used his former adviser and current director of Save the Children John Forsyth to grant him the organization’s prestigious Global Legacy Award!
The man, who in 2003 joined U.S. president George W. Bush to kill and maim hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, and is currently a key focus of international inquiries, received the award on Wednesday in New York for his supposed role in "protecting children from harm" in Africa!
The decision is so controversial that it has already unleashed international criticism: The personnel of Save the Children say the diabolical and absurd decision is inappropriate and a betrayal to the organization’s principles and values.
A petition with over 90,000 signatures so far has also denounced the award as morally reprehensible. The petition calls on Save the Children to revoke the award because "Blair is the cause of the deaths of countless children in the Middle East with damning allegations relating to his role as Middle East envoy and business dealings with autocratic rulers in the region".
At any rate, international awards cannot, and shouldn’t, determine the innocence of those responsible for an illegal war that led to the destruction of Iraq, enormous loss of lives, and continuing turmoil in the Middle East.
People like Blair and Bush should never be given the chance to escape justice, because their invasion was based on false grounds and spawned terrorism across the globe with terrifying consequences. Likewise, their costly war of deceit played a significant role in the collapse of the American banking system and the global economy.
This while according to several international commissions and independent inquiries, the invasion lacked legitimacy under international law. They say there was insufficient legitimacy for the invasion, and despite warning, the U.S. and the UK attacked Iraq on the pretext of possessing weapons of mass destruction. More than one million Iraqis were killed and injured while no WMD was ever discovered.
They say, peace if possible, but justice at any rate. So instead of awarding these war criminals, international charity organizations like Save the Children should join international efforts to hold to account those responsible for leading the world into this unnecessary mess.
They should also help facilitate a judicial process that could ultimately result in Tony Blair and George W. Bush being indicted for war crimes and crimes committed against humanity in Iraq.