Last year our army invaded Iraq to seize weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that weren't there. I don't need to tell you what this cost Iraqis and us.
It seemed unlikely WMDs would be there. The UN inspectors doubted it. It seemed less likely they threatened us, or that Iraq intended them to. But the Prime Minister assured us he knew -- and we didn't -- WMDs were there, and that they threatened us. “Trust me,” he said.
It wasn't true. It now appears either he knew that or, with our intelligence services, that he could and should have known that. It seems he either lied to us or was deliberately reckless on this very grave matter.
We could step over it. We could say by inaction Lie to us, we don't mind really. You probably had a good reason. Tell us what you like; there are no consequences.
Or we could insist the government answer for what it said. If Blair had good cause to sound the alarm over Iraq, let it be shown, and we can remove the suspicion that our leaders lie to us as they please.
Do be clear. This isn't about whether invading Iraq was a Good Idea. That is an issue; but it's another issue. The Prime Minister didn't ask us to support invasion as a Good Idea, but to remove an imminent threat to us. It looks like he was lying.
Don't tolerate being lied to, or even the appearance of it. Support the call for a full judicial inquiry to establish the facts. Use this link:
» www.ourworldoursay.org
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