Blair prepares to call inquiry into Iraq war … if Bush lets him

TONY Blair is preparing the ground to launch an independent inquiry to investigate the intelligence that justified war against Iraq … but only if President Bush calls for one first.

Personally I think he’s pretty safe if he’s not going to start the investigation until Bush does.

With the US Senate and House of Representatives preparing their own analyses of alleged intelligence failures, the White House is believed to be on the verge of agreeing to a lengthy independent investigation that would deliver a verdict after this year’s presidential race in November.

When I see it, including the parameters it is allowed to operate under, I’ll believe it… no surprise in reading that if it happens nothing would be released until after the election. Can’t have things like that potentially getting in the way of Bush’s reselection run, although, if he does happen to get reselected, it opens up the interesting possibility of impeachment. That’s something I’d upgrade to digital cable again for just for so I could watch all the news channels.

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