Summary
The broad outlines of the Iraq story are already known: mistaken interpretation, shading into false representation, of intelligence material; misleading statements, shading into outright lies, about the stage at which the government resolved to go to war; inadequate preparation for, shading into complete indifference to, the aftermath of a military victory; improper pressure, shading into bullying, that persuaded the attorney general to change his advice on the war's legality. Grow up, baby boomers You might also question the point of another inclusion in the Queen's Speech, the Personal Care at Home Bill, which is so complex that it hasn't the slightest chance of becoming law in an unusually short parliamentary session.
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Iraq, Palin and Building Bridges
This will not be a trial, announces John Chilcot, chair of the latest inquiry into the Iraq war, and there will be no apportionment of blame, still less of criminal responsibility. Yet a trial is what we - those of us who consistently opposed the war - desperately want. W...
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