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Old 26-01-2015, 12:08   #13
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Re: Chilcot report on Iraq war delayed until after general election.

I love data.

Given the party that supported the war most strongly were in fact the Tories any more party political points scoring to be done now?

Iraq was a mess, it was Labour's fault, the Conservatives could and should have done way better in opposition. Very little for either to be proud of in this regard.

The current Conservative administration wanted military action against the Assad regime in Syria. It seems likely the consequences of that would've been disastrous given the current environment there.

The Conservative party know they made mistakes, too, and are pursuing this from the angle of wanting transparency rather than wanting to string up Tony Blair.

The key thing about this is, after all, transparency. If it means that people who did wrong go to jail then whatever, but we have a right to know what happened when our country went to war in our name, funded by our taxes, and our friends, neighbours, family, our citizens died.
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