Save money on Iraq War probe: My summary is free

Thursday 16 July 2015 / Letters

THEY say that ‘all good things come to he who waits’.
However, this truism seems not to apply to the long awaited Chilcot report into the Iraq War.
So far this clandestine smoke and mirrors endeavour has cost the taxpayer a mere £10 million.
Nice pocket money for a set of emperor`s new clothes.
Therefore I proffer my own analysis which is completely gratis.
George Bush wanted to enlist help to avenge the al Qaeda attacks on his country.
He perversely decided to bomb Iraq although the al Qaeda attacks had not come from Saddam Hussein.
He approached his pal Tony Blair, who was seated at the dinner table with a jolly “Yo Blair” and a slap on the back.
Blair then had to consult his oracle of the dark arts of spin doctoring, namely Alastair Campbell.
The wise sage of spin proffered the wise words of “go for it”, thus sealing the fate of many innocent lives.
The resultant power vacuum in Iraq has now left a convenient space for Islamic State militants. These factions are in fact offshoots of al Qaeda groups.
Thus the very enemy that Tony Blair and George Bush sought to destroy has been allowed to flourish.

Now we have come full circle and the government is once more discussing military strikes in Iraq.

This is probably a pointless exercise as Jihad is an ideology that is present worldwide and not confined to one country or “state”.
SUSAN THOMAS
Magdalen Road, Oxford