As I write, the British people have recently commemorated the seventieth anniversary of the Normandy landings. Later this year we are expected to commemorate the outbreak of the Great War. It appears that this will be a very emotional year for the lovers of war.
Also at this time the evil warmongering governments of the United Kingdom and the USA are facing a dilemma. In 2003 they went to war against Iraq. I expect some readers of this site would prefer me to say that they went to war in Iraq, but I reserve the right not to be brainwashed.
The war supposedly ended a long time ago, but the truth is that Iraq today is still very much a war zone. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was apparently codenamed Operation Iraqi Freedom, and sure enough the people of Iraq are now free. They are free to flee in terror from Sunni militias. They are free to join the Shi'ite militias which aim to hold back the Sunni insurgency. They are free to get caught in the crossfire.
It seems however that there are no plans to send British or American troops back into Iraq in order to try and resolve what may well be an insoluble situation.
Update: it has since been reported that the USA is planning to send military personnel back to Iraq to defend its embassy. I regard that as a hostile invasion. Either the embassy should accept what security is afforded it by the Iraqi authorities, or else the embassy staff should be repatriated.
Related previous posts include:
A reasoned approach to war
The future of the Muslim world
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