I am grateful to my Cumbrian colleague for giving way. Is there not a paradox at the heart of this? One way in which the United Kingdom has responded to the humiliation of Iraq is by reducing our capacity to develop our own foreign policy and missions. If we look at our current position in Iraq, we see that we are in even less of a position today to provide an independent assessment of the US mission and strategy than we were in 2003.
Iraq Inquiry
Proceeding contribution from
Rory Stewart
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 January 2015.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Iraq Inquiry.
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