How convenient that your greatest detractor, David Kelly “committed suicide” at such a conspicuous time when your and Blair’s narrative was threatened.
at least in Britain you are talking about the responsibilities and the regret about entering the war, in Usa there is nothing about that and they are planning other wars...
Well in fairness the USA can still afford other wars. Iraq was the UK's last big hurrah, our last big chance to prove we were still a power that could inflict real misery on another part of the world. So we shall be remembered, cheers Tony
@@rorywilson656 thats a big load of bollocks, uk helped in afghanistan and with isis, and are helping with ukraine, they have done alot of winning war wise last 20 years, just in terms of helping out not being the front leader, which they wernt in iraq either, the reason iraq was a failure was entirely due to usa
Amazing how 1.5 million of us on the streets in London knew that he didn't have WMDs and planned to use them when the right honourable Tony Blair and his adviser somehow had no clue.
The reason people are going over it again & again & again is because 100's of thousands/millions of people have died & suffered because of you & your good friends' decisions.
Think that might actually be a symptom of psychopathy. Complete lack of empathy to think that what he's been through is even worthy of mention, like it's just some parliamentary issue of relatively small importance, like he's just had a stressful day. "This is really tough for me, you know" while he orders the death of a million people.
@@abdvs325 to play the devil's advocate, it's worth considering two things. First of all, Campbell has not described just having a stressful day, rather dealing with depression -- which is widely understood to be an actual illness. Of course he should repent about his role in the Iraq war, but that does not invalidate his own personal suffering. But actually, bringing us onto the second consideration, many speculate that Campbell's depression originates in his feelings of guilt regarding the war and his role in it. Given that psychopaths do not feel guilt towards others, this would suggest that he is not a psychopath. Maybe also worth considering is that he didn't order the Iraq war. He certainly had a role in the government's portrayal, but to my understanding his involvement in actual policy or strategy was minimal. Please correct me if I'm wrong there, though.
@@multida But this is dependent on whether he actual does feel guilt or whether he only says that he does in order to invoke empathy in his audience. Many psychopaths are very good imitators of real emotion. So I guess we can't that but it doesn't rule it out. Secondly he did directly forge intelligence, for unknown reasons. But if it was only to acquire a goal, which he was set on acquiring. And he did it with total disregard to the millions who would suffer as a result. That really is close to straight psychopathic or extremely narcissistic behaviour.
”Fun” fact (idk how fun it is though), his daughter said in the podcast “it’s all relative” that Alastair had a literal panic attack during this interview, and you can kind of tell by his face. Kinda understandable tbf
He lied and walks free Julian told the truth and is in solitary confinement in a cat a prison. Why was he never brought to book ? People died! And some under mysterious circumstances .
When we invaded Iraq, our policy was that we should not to make an official count of Iraqi casualty figures. This decision was disgraceful. To now hear Campbell call into question charges about the casualty figures (which international bodies have had to put together based on limited statistical evidence) with "you can't prove that" is frankly sick making.
@@abdvs325A lot of the Tory opposition also agreed with the war though, such as Iain Duncan-Smith for example, as well as Michael Howard, who initially supported the war only to withdraw it so he could criticise Labour and win the election - not because he actually cared.
He clearly said "you can't prove those" in response to how many "people would have died if the war hadn't happened", rather than how many people did die
He's a PR man, he knew exactly what he was doing. He couldn't answer the question, so decided to 'weep', and thus get media coverage praising him for having a 'human side'.
No wonder he’s nearly having a breakdown , they found that the war was not a last resort , it was an act of military aggression launched on a false pretext as the enquiry accepted and had been recorded as illegal .
A really humanising moment, with the context of him being in a depressive episode, having not slept in days and having a literal panic attack on stage.
What about the murder of Dr David Kelly, Campbell? What exactly was your role in that, apart from attempting to smear his name in the weeks beforehand?
If you've seen what he's said in some interviews, I think he knows. The most telling is the one he did for GQ with Tody Blair. I think Alistair is genuinely haunted by it in a way Tony isn't
For anyone that has read his most recent book he highlights he was going through a panic attack at the time of the interview , was in the middle of a depressive episode and not sleeping.
Oh Boh ho he helped kill hundreds of thousands of people I’ve no sympathy for him and those like him He’s a bloody disgrace and should either be in jail or exiled to Outer Mongolia
Yeah the real tragedy of the Iraq war is Alastair (allegedly)feeling the big sad! Not the hundreds of thousands who were murdered by his boss and the American demon in Iraq
@Paddy le Blanc The war was a mistake. But I do believe Alastair supported it in good faith, with a sincere belief that the people would live a better life than under Saddam Hussein.
@@torres1266 Thank god for at least one voice of sanity, intelligence and compassion in this dismal comments section. Christ, the tabloids have just poisoned political discourse in this country.
Whilst many people think Campbell is acting or being false. In podcasts looking back on that interview part way through he has a slight anxiety attack. Due to various things and issues in his personal life in the background. Whilst we may or may not agree with decision of the Iraq War. Plus hindsight 20 years later is a wonderful thing. Just knowing a wider context is not always a bag thing.
Giving Campbell’s behaviour in this interview an armchair diagnosis is horrible. You’re not qualified, and all you’re doing is distracting from his victims by pretending he’s a victim! The criticism of the dossier was not hindsight. It was made at the time and later proven right. Campbell in 2023 maintains that the intelligence AND the people and procedures which produced it were all good. He does not acknowledge any errors in the process and continues to claim Blair made the best decision based on the intel at the time. Clearly this is BS because the dossier had glaring falsehoods and tens of thousands have died in the resulting war. He may not have lied at the time but he’s been lying by way of denial ever since. Mistakes were made and he and others are responsible.
"If you're upset about that let's put the dossier entirely to one side then." Didn't realise Andrew Marr's job was to make sure that Alastair Campbell didn't get upset.
I'm not sure what you mean. If he was experiencing discomfort or anxiety that shouldn't prevent the interviewer from questioning him effectively. If he'd had a panic attack, which he very clearly did not, they would have stopped the interview.
This is unbelievable. What kind of bizarre form of morality does he think he is appealing to? The fact that Blair etc can get away with this really makes me wonder about the conditions under which we can hold political leaders responsible for their actions. I think the Chilcot inquiry has shown us that the law (if that is institution of our society's morality) is not clear enough on this point.
A think it's normal reaction from a compulsive liar, having been found out on a national scale. Do you realise what this man's actions have led to?? If the British opted out of Iraq, like the French, the US would have never gone in and caused a war that led to the deaths of over a million Iraqi civilians, and tens of thousand of European males lives and limbs. This war was not just.
Replying to a 6 year old comment I know, but this does seem like a solid conclusion. He even says as much here: www.esquire.com/uk/life/fitness-wellbeing/a23579875/alastair-campbell-andrew-marr-mental-health-interview/
I genuinely don't think he wanted to go into a self-pity moment here, looks more like someone trying to get a few deep breaths in during a panic attack but is hyper aware of the cameras so needs to perform in some way to cover himself.
Why is he still appearing on our tv screens he should be locked up. That pretending he was upset performance was hilarious. How rich talking about people pushing their own agendas. Vermin
he says you cant prove that amount of people died, maybe is right. So I say if its not 600,000 people, I give him the benefit of the doubt, and call it 300,000. Dont know how this people sleep at night
The enquiry never managed to extract the truth from those being asked the questions. We all know the truth but we never heard it uttered from them. The questioning will pop up ad nauseum. I put it to you...
This Campbell fellow who now has such a big mouth should have stopped Blair from going to war. But Blair got well paid off and assume Campbell did too !!!
@IsMyNameYourName This argument is so illogical. 1) There being a dictatorship is no excuse to invade a country. 2) The UN sanctions, after US urging, are the reason why things like child mortality were high under Saddam. 3) 75% of Iraq's oil has been divvied up between multi-national corporations. 5) Saddam was a secular dictator. By killing him, the Coalition of the Willing destabilized whatever there was and attracted the fundamentalists, plunging the country into a civil war. Need I go on?
