{"id":56366,"date":"2016-07-08T02:53:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T09:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=56366"},"modified":"2016-07-08T02:53:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T09:53:36","slug":"i-will-be-with-you-whatever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/07\/08\/i-will-be-with-you-whatever\/","title":{"rendered":"“I will be with you, whatever”."},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rudra Gamini de Zoysa.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

“I will be with you, whatever\u201d. This is not a line from one of Frank Sinatra\u2019s love songs. This is Blair\u2019s pledge to his master George W Bush.<\/p>\n

The Chilcot Report is finally out and I do not want to vomit the facts stated in that 2.6-million-word commentary. The inquiry (into Britain\u2019s role leading to the invasion of Iraq) commenced in 2009 and ended in 2011. The release of the report was blocked by the British Government who maintained that it would be “inappropriate” to publish the report in the months leading up to the election in 2015. In October 2015 Chilcot wrote a letter to David Cameron (who would have taken this in to account when he resigned) indicating that the text of his report will be published in June\/July of 2016. The war lasted for 2 years but the report took 7 years to see the light of day.<\/p>\n

Anyone can access Chilcot\u2019s report but the primary facts clearly reflect Blair\u2019s deception and arrogance and the ruthlessness of the British. The facts clearly show that from the day the British decided to invade Iraq in 2003 right up to this very day the entire episode was a major fuxk-up\u201d. A prime minister haughtily lied to his cabinet, flouted the resolutions of the UN, deceived the public and the world at large, sucked up to the USA to maintain a special relationship\u201d, assumed responsibility for the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men, women and children, caused the displacement of over 1 million Iraqis, further aggravated the instability of the region and caused the birth of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS). To wash away the blood on his hands and seek quick salvation Blair converted to Catholicism soon after he stepped down from his high office. Now what will Ban Ki- Moon do? What will the Human Right\u2019s man, Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein, do? Should countries like Sri Lanka take Britain and the US seriously? An old song comes to mind \u2013 Red, white and blue, reddhe hitung gu\u201d<\/em> \u2013 look, look at the red, white and blue flag it has excreta on the cloth.<\/p>\n

The questions to ask are whether this type of report be ever written in Colonial times? Would any person in Britain be held responsible for the atrocities committed by the British in Sri Lanka? Should Sri Lanka seek compensation from Britain for the atrocities committed? Will there be an inquiry in the US similar to the Chilcot Inquiry to examine America\u2019s role in the invasion of Iraq in 2003?<\/p>\n

The year 2016 is clearly a bad year for Britain \u2013 an astrologer will say that Rahu kalaya<\/em> has started. Britain voted to get out of the European Community (and was told that cherry picking\u201d is not allowed), lost to Iceland in soccer (but won against Sri Lanka in cricket), Cameron (who now goes about in an Indian car) resigned, the sterling pound is falling, Boris Johnson<\/a> resigned from Brexit, \u00a0the FTIndex is pushed down by ugly bears, the leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn will not go and cannot be removed, the country has no leadership nor a prime minister, Scotland intends to have another go at detaching itself from Great Britain\u201d (and probably will succeed this time) and the two Irelands may unite. Zimbabwe sounds a relatively better country to live in.<\/p>\n

Have we ever asked the question why (apart from money) the headquarters of the UN, the ICC, Human Rights Commission, FAO, IBRD, IMF, IAEA, ITU and other agencies are placed in the US or in Europe? It is high time that Sri Lanka told Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein and his lackeys to leave us alone and go play their game elsewhere. Surely they can\u2019t be serious. Britain and the US are morally and financially bankrupt and we must now seriously look to our regional neighbour and long-time friend China.<\/p>\n

Rudra Gamini de Zoysa.<\/p>\n

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