The Iraq war should be a dead issue, last week they hanged Chemical Ali, an event that went virtually unnoticed in the wider world.
And yet he was a monster who amongst his other crimes gassed 5000 people in the town of Halabja. Virtually nobody mourns his passing.
Meanwhile in London Tony Blair is being grilled by yet another inquiry into his role in the events that saw Chemical Ali, and his Cousin Saddam Hussein bought to justice.
Its a circus outside of course - the usual suspects accusing Tony Blair of being a war criminal whilst seemingly oblivious of the crimes against humanity committed by the regime he help to overthrow and the war criminals he helped bring to justice.
The BBC begins its reportage
There seems little to apologize for - indeed the world is a better place without Saddam and his henchmen and it would be hard to argue otherwise.
And yet he was a monster who amongst his other crimes gassed 5000 people in the town of Halabja. Virtually nobody mourns his passing.
Meanwhile in London Tony Blair is being grilled by yet another inquiry into his role in the events that saw Chemical Ali, and his Cousin Saddam Hussein bought to justice.
Its a circus outside of course - the usual suspects accusing Tony Blair of being a war criminal whilst seemingly oblivious of the crimes against humanity committed by the regime he help to overthrow and the war criminals he helped bring to justice.
The BBC begins its reportage
Tony Blair's appearance in front of the Iraq inquiry was marked by his determination to justify his decision to take Britain into the war on Iraq in 2003.Now why the BBC should expect a "mea culpa" or an "apology" remains a mystery to me.
There was no mea culpa moment and no apology. He made a brief admission about being "sorry" about the divisions the war caused but said he took responsibility and had no regrets. Saddam had been a "monster".
There seems little to apologize for - indeed the world is a better place without Saddam and his henchmen and it would be hard to argue otherwise.