Duke of Buccleuch's letter to the Guardian

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No excuse for Iraq
Thursday December 28, 2006
The Guardian

How hard it is to trust politicians who forever refuse to admit to the wisdom of hindsight (What has long been a catastrophic tragedy is also now a horrific farce, Comment, December 27). However realistic the non-existent weapons of mass destruction might have been in the eyes of the Blair cabinet, and however unwise the Conservative leaders were to believe Mr Blair, there can be no excuse for all of them now failing to admit to being wise after the event.

Why else should anyone now trust them to refrain from yet another unprovoked act of aggression on a par with Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939? There has never been a more shameful event in 1,000 years of British history, and when Mr Blair apologises for the slave trade, how much more should he do so to the traumatised people of Iraq. But for our backing in 2002, the US might have refrained from making the world a more dangerous place than ever before.
Duke of Buccleuch
Bowhill
Selkirk

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[mickyv]

Good letter, that makes two good points;

1) The ludicrous state of denial of all the pro-war apologist is beyond belief, two recent examples come to mind, the first was that Sky presenter putting it to Galloway, that because some Iraqis now had Satellite, the invasion was not all bad (!), and the other was Jack Straw on QT some weeks back, where for the first time he went as far as to admit that the situation in Iraq was “grim”, but he refused to say that the decision to invade was wrong, because, wait for it.., “it would open up a charge of culpability”, and most of the audience shouted back “Yes”. This is why they all choose to live in the surreal world of denial, otherwise they have to come to terms with the reality of their responsibility in one of the worst Crimes against Humanity in recent history.

2) I have no doubt that some future British Prime Minister will be making an official apology to the Iraqi people for this horrendous crime committed against them.

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