Iraq Revisited
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
It was an extraordinary scene in the Commons yesterday when William Hague invited the Government to agree in principle to look at the Iraq war fiasco, in the form of an enquiry led by Privy Councillors. The Government refused, despite precedents in two world wars. They had no argument, and certainly no senior officer has ever indicated any objection to such an enquiry.
Ultimately for the sake of our national credibility, and that of both our armed forces and our security services it is imperative that we learn the lessons. Iraq is now in parts a hotbed of al-Qaeda. Part of the reason Tony Blair advanced the need to attack Iraq was to prevent terrorism in the first place.