Here We Go Again

Peter Hitchens makes an important call for no more wars of choice until the Chilcot Report has been published.

But I am settling down to our third war in Iraq in as many decades.

Every Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher has either taken us into Iraq or pulled us out of Iraq.

That is almost every Prime Minister of my lifetime, which cannot be very much less than half-over.

Of course, Ed Miliband is perfectly correct: Assad is the President of Syria as a simple point of fact.

Bombing IS in Syria therefore requires his request or consent, such as we have already received from the Government of Iraq.

Whether or not we or anyone else happens to like either of them is neither here nor there.

The common sense alliance with the Iranians, Syrians and Lebanese who are already in the field against IS is taking shape.

The Saudis, the Qataris, the Israelis or anyone else can like that or lump it.