By David Swanson
While George W. Bush is apparently proud of everything he’s ever done, Tony Blair came dangerously close to facing reality this weekend when he admitted there were “elements of truth” in the view that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the principle cause of the rise of ISIS (among other catastrophic results of that invasion).

The mainstream media in the west has made much hullaballoo over the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, and more recently in Algeria.

The Irish anti-war Movement (IAWM) said today that this week's events in Iraq, beginning with the capture of Mosul by ISIS and continuing with the country's descent into civil war, are a clear case of the chickens of the 2003 invasion coming home to roost. The IAWM is calling on the Irish Government to publicly reject any policy of intervention in Iraq.

A group of UK campaigners plan to have former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair committed to a mental institution. Boris Johnson’s assessment that Tony Blair has 'finally gone mad' and is in need of "professional psychiatric help' for calling for a new intervention in Iraq has been welcomed by a group composed of doctors, psychologists and mental health professionals who will attempt to force an emergency section on the former Prime Minister when he next returns to the UK.