[…] to lead. We endure governments that lie, and seek to undermine our democratic values.’ (emphasis added)23 This from the man who helped compile the ‘dodgy dossier’ on Iraq? John Booth writes about Campbell elsewhere in this issue and he pointed me towards a 2012 essay on him, ‘Britain loves a war criminal’.24 In that, […]
[…] to lead. We endure governments that lie, and seek to undermine our democratic values.’ (emphasis added)10 This from the man who helped compile the ‘dodgy dossier’ on Iraq? John Booth writes about Campbell elsewhere in this issue and he pointed me towards a 2012 essay on him, ‘Britain loves a war criminal’.11 In that, […]
[PDF file]: […] to lead. We endure governments that lie, and seek to undermine our democratic values.’ (emphasis added)23 This from the man who helped compile the ‘dodgy dossier’ on Iraq? John Booth writes about Campbell elsewhere in this issue and he pointed me towards a 2012 essay on him, ‘Britain loves a war criminal’.24 In that, […]
[PDF file]: […] zones as he followed the consequences of the American foreign policy in the Middle East and Afghanistan. The chapters follow the chronology: the imposition of sanctions on Iraq (and about one millions deaths as a result; a UN-sanctioned atrocity); the invasion of Afghanistan and the initial overthrow of the Taliban; the American-led assault on […]
[…] that of the United States national security structure’.12 And the Foreign Affairs review suggests his new book is a variation on the same theme: the invasion of Iraq by the US (and its gophers, like the UK) was just a mistake caused by the US and Saddam Hussein not understanding each other. Having thus […]
[…] politicised as that of the United States national security structure’.11 And the review suggests his new book is a variation on the same theme: the invasion of Iraq by the US (and its gophers, like the UK) was just a mistake caused by the US and Saddam Hussein not understanding each other. Having thus […]
[…] politicised as that of the United States national security structure’.11 And the review suggests his new book is a variation on the same theme: the invasion of Iraq by the US (and its gophers, like the UK) was just a mistake caused by the US and Saddam Hussein not understanding each other. Having thus […]
[…] politicised as that of the United States national security structure’.11 And the review suggests his new book is a variation on the same theme: the invasion of Iraq by the US (and its gophers, like the UK) was just a mistake caused by the US and Saddam Hussein not understanding each other. Having thus […]
[PDF file]: […] American foreign policy. Thus the state which is apparently agitated about the use of ‘chemical weapons’ in Syria used depleted uranium and phosphorous in their assault on Iraq, drenched much of Vietnam and bits of Laos and Cambodia in Agent Orange, and – lest we forget – recruited the Japanese 35 I discussed this […]
[PDF file]: […] Labour Party’s actual history in office; but that is another matter. Which brings us to Blair’s wars. How does Brown deal with British involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, fighting in the service of the American Empire? In his memoir, Brown remembers how on 11 September 2001 he had ‘cried at the carnage inflicted on […]
