# Blair coming clean **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 19, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555 "2007-06-19T04:42:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/1 "2007-06-19T04:42:38Z")
[http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Britain\_feared\_US\_would\_nuke\_Afghan\_06172007.html](http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Britain_feared_US_would_nuke_Afghan_06172007.html) The prick is starting to come clean. He has had his nose so far up Bush’s ass for 5 years and now he is going to separate . In this article they say he went into Afghanistan to help prevent Bush from nuking it. Now, he says he was upset because Bush had no exit plan. He and Tenet were in a place to stop the Iraq invasion. They both were only thinking of their political futures. (and of course their financial well being). These pricks are bought off and are shameful excuses for human beings. Bush even went into press conferences to speak for Bush to keep people from seeing what a war mongering stumble bum he was. What a disgusting human being. He went to war with a guy he believed was willing to nuke the shit out of a country that was practically stone age. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/2 "2007-06-19T05:58:09Z")
The article contains a single hyperbolic sentence from a former UK ambassador, and says nothing whatsoever about Mr. Blair. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/3 "2007-06-19T07:47:59Z")
That’s why he’s **gonzo** to the **max**!!!1!!11one! ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/4 "2007-06-19T12:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] The article contains a single hyperbolic sentence from a former UK ambassador, and says nothing whatsoever about Mr. Blair. [/QUOTE] There are four paragraphs, three of which contain the word “Blair”. I agree with you that the article hardly seems to justify the foaming at the mouth of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/5 "2007-06-19T12:33:07Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] There are four paragraphs, three of which contain the word “Blair”. [/QUOTE] Yes, but every mention is just some hearsay from this guy Meyer. IOW, there’s no actual news regarding Blair, or any statement by Blair or his staff, or any scandal about Blair or his ministers, or any quotations from any other person. Very shoddy journalism, and, more importantly, very boring. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/6 "2007-06-19T13:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > “Blair’s real concern was that there would be quote unquote ‘a knee-jerk reaction’ by the Americans … they would go thundering off and nuke the shit out of the place without thinking straight,” Meyer reported told the documentary, according to the Mirror. So we have Meyer’s recalling what Blair told him told to the documentary, told to the Mirror, picked up by this article (an article, by the way, that can’t tell the difference between “reported” and “reportedly”). A 5th hand account? At what point does the game of telephone kick in? I think I’ll hold off for more information. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/7 "2007-06-19T13:19:44Z")
Obviously Blair was smart enough to know the war on terror is/was shite, and had to go along for political reasons. And its not like Dubya wouldn’t have done exactly the same things he did without Blair’s support. Don’t knock Tony, he was put in an impossbile position by a moron, and did the best he could with it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/8 "2007-06-19T13:31:18Z")
I just can’t picture Blair using the phrase “nuke the shit.” ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/9 "2007-06-19T13:44:08Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I just can’t picture Blair using the phrase “nuke the shit.” [/QUOTE] H’s British. He’d say “nuke the _shite_” I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/10 "2007-06-19T13:53:43Z")
[QUOTE=Uvula Donor] H’s British. He’d say “nuke the _shite_” I’m sure. [/QUOTE] Is that a britishism, like “whinging”? i always thought it was a typo. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/11 "2007-06-19T13:55:17Z")
Yeah, they make a lot of typos. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/12 "2007-06-19T14:02:21Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] Yeah, they make a lot of typos. [/QUOTE] Yeah, someone oughta teach those fucking Brits how to spell. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/13 "2007-06-19T14:05:34Z")
[QUOTE=Uvula Donor] Yeah, someone oughta teach those fucking Brits how to spell. [/QUOTE] Easier just to nuke em. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/14 "2007-06-19T14:12:55Z")
The article says there will be a documentary soon on Blair. The BBC reported the Downing Street Memos and led the stories about Florida voter suppression. Our newspapers for some reason neglected the stories. Bushie was not fair game until just recently. I have read that Blair seeks to be head of EU. With the love Bush has brought us around the world he has to pretend he was in charge and knew better. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/15 "2007-06-19T14:22:39Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Is that a britishism, like “whinging”? i always thought it was a typo. [/QUOTE] Shite rhymes with light. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/16 "2007-06-19T14:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=yojimbo] Shite rhymes with light. [/QUOTE] I thought it rhymed with “titty.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/17 "2007-06-19T15:16:11Z")
**Yojimbo** is right. If you ever get invited to afternoon tea with Her Maj, make sure you say ‘shite’, not ‘shit’. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/18 "2007-06-19T15:34:58Z")
Why can’t they just speak normal English over there? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/19 "2007-06-19T15:46:53Z")
Blair has been called Bush’s attack poodle for years. Now that he is leaving office he seeks better press. He will throw away his knee pads and stand up to America now because it will further his career. Bush served his ends at the price of an inexcusable war. Blair will try to distance himself. I wonder how much of a real believer he was. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555/20 "2007-06-19T15:49:41Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] That’s why he’s **gonzo** to the **max**!!!1!!11one! [/QUOTE] Wow, looks like **Brutus** is back. Yay! Oh, sorry, Yay!!!111one!1! :rolleyes: -Joe [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blair-coming-clean/408555.md?page=2)