SM we are not a million miles away. There was a real plan for the South. The all knowing British softly softly approach. Stirrup said just the other week that the plan/mission is nearly accomplished. That mission is to handover control to the Iraqis who will turn the South into a fundamentalist state not unlike Iran. We are signing this deal off. We are happy to commit thousands of women to the dark ages all so that we can slink off and pretend our duty is done.
The US wanted to kill Sadr the Brits said no. The mistake here is not to have established rule of law on day one. Without security any plan will fail no matter how well thought out.
It is a tragedy for all those killed, injured and displaced. As a direct result of our action the life of the average Iraqi has been destroyed. No sense blaming the US we happily and enthusuastically took part in the Invasion.
An Inquiry is now long overdue. We should not have invaded in the first place.
Edited to add Iraq was a secular country before the invasion and the global terror threat is based on muslim fundamentalism. Good idea to invade?
Last edited by nigegilb; 5th September 2007 at 11:33.