"Tony Blair's account of the need to act urgently somehow because of September 11 doesn't stack up to any scrutiny whatsoever," Short said.
She said there was no evidence that Saddam was linked to Al-Qaeda -- and the American people had been "misled" over the claim.
"There is no doubt that by invading in this ill-prepared, rushed way, not only did we cause enormous suffering and loss of life, we made Iraq more dangerous and unstable and spread Al-Qaeda's presence in the Middle East," she said.
via rawstory.com
Clare Short resigned as a UK minister in 2003 over the Iraq War. Imagine a politician in America taking a stand like that?
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