The war was a huge mistake: the world is a less secure place: "the big winner has to be al-Qaida. Osama must still be laughing in his cave and his recruiting offices are full to overflowing and he has a great target (of the US and its allies in Iraq) - I mean, what more could the man want. He's got an opponent who's absolutely happy to play his game.
... the supposed link between Saddamites and al-Qaida types - which was one of the excuses for the war but for which there was no evidence - has actually come about as a consequence of the war."
... (The war in Iraq) has done and continues to do a lot of damage to transatlantic relations and that relationship is far and away the most important one in terms of the stability of international society. It wasn't worth the damage that has been done.
The other point is at the same time, nothing is being done in Israel and that remains an open and festering sore, undermining the credibility of the US as an interlocutor in the Middle East. "
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