Secret Iraq

Probably most of you were asleep on the two nights this week that BBC2 screened parts 1 and 2 of Secret Iraq. I recommend you watch it on BBC iPlayer as it is one of the best programmes I have seen on the insurgency in the aftermath of the Iraq War and the beginnings of its slowdown. It was humiliating to learn what many suspected were the reasons behind our departure from Basra and of our defeat at the hands of the insurgents. It was also interesting to have one's suspicions of Blair confirmed - definitely not a man to go tiger hunting with. Whether you thought it was right or wrong to go into Iraq there can be no argument that the manner of our leaving was a disgrace and Blair should go down in history as one of the worst and least principled leaders of this country. The Americans are welcome to him.