So last week the doubts that we all had about the effects of going to war were made public and they came from the Intelligence and Security Committee of all places. Tony Blair made his personal judgement that it was right to go to war against advice that it might make the region more unstable. More on the Hutton Inquiry BBC, The Guardian and a good article in the Independent, with an interesting one year on viewpoint on the WMD report.
We have been misled and ignored over the war on Iraq, later this month there is a worldwide protest happening on the 27th September, a Stop the War march in London. The theme of this is "no more war, no more lies". People are still dying in Iraq, the US still think that it is their war and they can do as they please. It probably is about oil, possible Iraq to Israel pipeline.
It is important that the people who were against the war earlier in the year speak out now and show that it is not okay that the USA did what it did, the international organisations of the world need to see that there is worldwide support for collective action and opposition to unilateral warfare.
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I especially hate it when media reports say things like:
"Spain was a great supporter of the war in Iraq", suggesting somehow that everyone in Spain has the same view and that they ALL supported the war, when in fact it was Aznar and his government who made the decision. Similarly there are many people in the UK who were against the war and are horrified at the ensuing chaos and devastation in Iraq. We need to stand up and be counted on Saturday.
Lucy