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SOUNDING BOARD
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
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Time of reckoning
Now is the time.
BBCnews.com on Monday reports that some claims about Iraq's weapons were given too much weight by the government. UK's all-party foreign affairs committee says a suggestion that 'Iraq could deploy chemical and biological weapons within 45 minutes' should not have been given such prominence by the government (BBCnews.com 7 July 2003). Tony Blair has some serious explaining to do.
This inquiry is long overdue. The coalition of the willing went to war with one major reason - to preempt Iraq's possible use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Until now, no WMD has been found. Are we really so naive to believe that if the coalition found any existence of WMDs, they would not be gloating globally to prove that the war was indeed justified? But the justification for going to war, in reality, was not found. Now it's time to turn the tides around. Perhaps this is the time of reckoning where in democratic systems and processes shall be put to test. And Britain's inquiry is certainly the first step.
posted by Allan at 11:51 AM (GMT+8)
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