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The madness of going to war with Iraq; Tony Blair should refuse to allow British troops to have any part in an attack on Saddam Hussein without UN backing.
From:
The Evening Standard (London, England)
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July 29, 2002| Author:
Rose, Sir Michael
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Byline: GENERAL SIR MICHAEL ROSE
MERELY crying "Havoc!"
and letting slip the dogs of war is no substitute for clear thinking or the development of a well-defined military strategy. Yet the evidence of the last few days seems to be that we are heading for an assault on Iraq without - on either side of the Atlantic - anything like enough open debate about the moral justification or military practicality of doing so. If we in the West were confident that our rea...
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