Re: Former British diplomat makes public secret evidence on
I don't really see that this article tells us anything new but its useful fuel. Those who were against the war in Iraq in its present form - without a 2nd UN resolution, without the support of other nations etc - have always been treated as unpatriotic, as if the seal of sending in the troops somehow authenticised the whole process.
Another interesting (to me) thing is that I have never understood why the IISS September 2002 report on weapons of mass destruction was seen as supporting the war. It is a very carefully worded piece of fence-sitting but it certainly didn't say that the weapons existed.
I suppose we are now engaged in the process of getting out of Iraq regardless of the fact that to do so will be a disaster for the Iraqui people. If we don't get out of course it will be a disaster for the UK government. Seen in this light, evidence which strengthens the argument for never having gone in in the first place, however uncomfortable it may be for the government in the short term can now be used to authorise our withdrawal, which will please the great British public and strengthen the government, ironic isn't it?