Tag Archives: Troops
View on Legality of Iraq War: 2002
Sometimes you find something fascinating in your personal archives. Given Tony Blair’s evidence today I searched my hard drive for anything I had written on Iraq and found this 2002 letter to my then MP: 16th August 2002, To: Colin … Continue reading
Filed under Iraq, UK, UK Politics
Troop Surge in Afghanistan: Reflections
The week’s big ‘War-on-Terror’ story was the announced surge of troops into Afghanistan. Many on the left have expressed dismay at President Obama’s decision and Gordon Brown’s copy-cat intent to up the British presence. The typical anti-surge rhetoric is that … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Politics
