Quote (Melchett01) :
Sorry, but whilst the politicians may have publically denied it it was up there at the top of the list in the meetings I was invovled in late 02. Like it or not (and I didn't particularly), that was the reason. It just became politically expedient to suggest that was the reason once the WMD hunt had been revealed for the debacle it was
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In which case you, and any others attending seem to have forgotten your duty in not just blindly "following orders" and should have reminded whoever was talking that aggressive war is a war crime.
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