Re: Should our troops be re engaged in Iraq?

[Isobel Blackthorn]

Iraqi Civil War



As Iraq breaks down into civil war our Prime Minister is making noises that we may have to take part in an 'allied' resolve to interfere again.

What do you think?

I think we should never have taken part first time round. Either the US and its allies are profoundly stupid in that they could not envisage the mayhem they would cause given the initial conditions, or profoundly clever, since last I heard of the $2 Trillion the US spent in Iraq, 90% is now in the coffers of the Dick Cheney's Halliburton et al. Whether clever or stupid, that will no doubt continue to be the subject of much discussion, but it is the Iraqi people I feel for, all those millions of innocent men, women and children. Collateral.

[Isobel Blackthorn]

Re: Should our troops be re engaged in Iraq?

Iraqi Civil War

As Iraq breaks down into civil war our Prime Minister is making noises that we may have to take part in an 'allied' resolve to interfere again.

What do you think?

I think we should never have taken part first time round. Either the US and its allies are profoundly stupid in that they could not envisage the mayhem they would cause given the initial conditions, or profoundly clever, since last I heard of the $2 Trillion the US spent in Iraq, 90% is now in the coffers of the Dick Cheney's Halliburton et al. Whether clever or stupid, that will no doubt continue to be the subject of much discussion, but it is the Iraqi people I feel for, all those millions of innocent men, women and children. Collateral.