British inquiry demonstrates the hollowness of the case for war in Iraq: Just before it was published, Tony Blair's chief of staff wrote about the British dossier on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction: "The dossier is good and convincing for those who are prepared to be convinced. The document does nothing to demonstrate a threat, let alone an imminent threat from Saddam ... We will need to make it clear in launching the document that we do not claim that we have evidence that he is an imminent threat. In other words it shows he has the means, but it does not demonstrate that he has the motive to attack his neighbours, let alone the West.'"

Exactly. There was no threat to the west from Saddam Hussein. Awful as he was, the US and UK manufactured spurious triggers for war. And now they have created a situation in Iraq where their famously fast victory is slipping away just as rapidly. And the losers? Again, the Iraqi people first and foremost. But western democracy is a close second.
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