It seems others are also underwhelmed by the Chilcot Posse. I like the Guardian's lead editorial today, except, I'm sorry, this isn't just about Tony's poor judgment. Wrong. If a leader sells a war on a false prospectus to the people, especially with such dire consequences, it's more than about judgement: it's about abuse of process, mendacity and "crimes and misdemeanors". Andrew Rawnsley get much closer to the nub of the problem, and he puts his finger on what may prove to be the most tragic consequence of all:
I am instinctively a liberal interventionist who thought that Tony Blair played a creditable role when British forces saved Sierra Leone from sadistic thugs and did so again when Slobodan Milosevic was stopped from ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
One of the many tragedies of the Iraq war is that it will be hugely more difficult for any future British leader to persuade his country that there are times when it is not just right but an obligation to intervene when tyrannical states threaten their neighbours or their own people.
The same might be said of the U.S., only moreso.
David Davis does a good job calling the lie on the core premise of Tony's defense.
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