John Prescott: Bush Is Rubbish Destroyer Iraq

LONDON - John Prescott became the latest Labour party politicians who voiced doubts about the support that he gave himself to Tony Blair's decision in 2003 to put the British military force behind the U.S. in the invasion of Iraq.

John Prescott launched a verbal attack against the former U.S. president, George W. Bush. Former deputy prime minister said that Bush is the waste that has destroyed Iraq.

Prescott also revealed that former British attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, was "not happy" because they have to justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003 ago.

To the New Statesman magazine, Prescott bluntly stated, "Bush was rubbish. You know, I know it, the party also knows that."

He said that the conversation between the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, with Bush was hearing really can make hair stand up. "I listened to a number of video recordings of conversations between Tony and Bush, and those conversations can make the hair stand up, because Bush has his own type of approach. It makes you think."

He added that he was still wondering, why to support the war.

Prescott said: "If you look back, I wonder. I have the opportunity to discuss these things with Tony (Blair), then how can I support the (war) is that?"

When asked about the opinion of Lord Goldsmith about the legality of the war, Prescott replied: "Does he (Goldsmith) was happy with it? Not." Prescott gives rain praise to Gordon Brown as a "real Labour leader" and said that he would support Mr Brown in 1994 and then compared with Tony Blair.

He added: "Gordon just like me. He was born and developed as a Labour Party politician. With Gordon, world politics became much more serious. For him, the (political) is the difference between the (party) Tory and Labour."

However, despite providing support to Brown, Prescott has also been suggested that Mr Blair to sack Brown.

Prescott said: "I feel disgusted with both of them are always whining to me."

"I said to Tony, you are prime minister. You complain about the lack of information you want, if so, fire him, but do not continue to complain."

Prescott added that he had threatened to resign if it reached the Liberal Democrat leader, Paddy Ashdown, was given cabinet seats.

He said that Mr Blair asked him about the possibility of Paddy Ashdown to join the Labour party. I replied, "If he walked through the door, then I will walk out, no discussion."

Meanwhile, a senior British military official said that British soldiers falling in battle because of amateur officials and politicians, it was disclosed in the investigation of war that took place day before yesterday.

Lieutenant General Frederick Viggers, senior representatives of the British military after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, saying that the war plan "has no direction from the beginning."

He added: "We put the amateurs in key positions, as a result, there are many people who were killed. It is a big responsibility."