Good old Mick Jagger has launched an attack on Tony Blair, which is extra pleasing given that the prime minister is a huge Stones fan (does finding that pleasing make me a bad person? Ah well, I can live with that). On the invasion of Iraq and the ongoing struggles in the region, the Stones frontman told Spanish journalists: "It makes me angry that Blair already knew that arms of mass destruction were simply an excuse and had nothing planned for the day after. In Iraq, you have three irreconcilable groups - the Shiites, the Sunnis and the Kurds. Either you establish a very well thought-out system of confederation, or something will break. Only now is the United States discovering the reality of Iraq". Of course Jagger's political affiliations have been clear for a while now - with the Stones song 'Sweet Neo Con' containing the Bush-aimed lyric: "You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite / You call yourself a patriot, well I think you're full of shit".
Nov 21, 2005
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Mick Jagger hits out at Blair
Mick Jagger has criticised Tony Blair over the Iraq invasion, telling Spanish journalists Blair knew weapons of mass destruction were an excuse and had no plan for the aftermath.