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When i argue about WMD, i am arguing that my government, intentionally or otherwise, misled me. I would like to know why and if i don't like the reason i will use my small power (my vote) to try to elect a new gonverment.
I acknowledge that Saddam was quite capable of using WMD. I acknowledge that the US and UK had been engaged in a 12 year military campaign against Iraq (the no fly zones). I acknowledge that terrorists work together (the mission defines the coalition is an argument that applies to both sides, after all). I acknowledge that, in perhaps a decade, Iraq may be a stable and propserous democracy.
However, there will be another Iraq, and another Saddam. There will therefore be reasons given to attack these. Brave men and women of the UK will be killed, and wounded, both physically and mentally by such action. Foreign nationals (military or civilians) will be killed. This are big issues that need proper justifcation. When my leaders emphasise their justifcation to me, and it is wrong, i want to know why it is wrong. In a democracy the leaders are accountable to the population at election time, otherwise we have only swapped a dictatorship in Iraq with one in the UK.
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