British empire bombed Iraq with chemical weapons in 1920 to establish its mandated power.
Posted on: December 20, 2025
They bombed the water resources too. Germany didn’t use chemical weapons in WW2 because it knew the enemy could use it too.
When Tony Benn Spoke the Truth about Iraq
In a world dominated by propaganda and official lies, few politicians dare to stand against their own state.
Tony Benn did. He stood in a shocking moment to say what Britain had avoided admitting: what happened in Iraq was not liberation, but a historical crime in which his government participated with cold blood.
Benn did not speak the evasive language of politics, but the language of conscience. He pointed to cities reduced to rubble, to children who lost their future, and to an ancient nation turned into a testing ground for power and dominance.
With courage, he described Britain’s role—not as a mere appendage to the United States, but as a direct partner in the catastrophe that reshaped the Middle East.
Benn’s testimony is not just an opinion, but a document of history.
It is a reminder that governments may lie, and the media may mislead, but the truth never disappears. And when it surfaces, it exposes all those who built their glory on the blood of the innocent.
He redefined politics: not as empty slogans or manipulations of interest, but as a moral responsibility before people and history.
His voice, which thundered against his own government, remains proof that crimes are committed in the name of democracy, and that delayed justice does not mean absent justice.
Iraq did not need Western slogans; it deserved justice and respect. And today, thanks to voices like Tony Benn’s, the truth moves one step closer to vindicating a people who paid the ultimate price for the lies of others.
And the pressing question now is this: when will such admissions turn into accountability?
When will the architects of war stand before international justice as they once stood on the podiums of lies?
The blood of the innocent does not expire, and history does not forgive those who believed that falsehood could ever be stronger than truth.
Note 1: Most of the leaders in the western world who committed crimes against humanity died in their beds. George Bush Sr., Cheney, Rumsfeld…died in their beds.
Note 2: since 1820, colonies were exploited and the social fabrics dismantled and crimes against humanity were not even mentioned.
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