It is interesting to hear what the right hon. Gentleman says, but that issue is one of speculation. In my view it is not legal to intervene in a country to topple a regime, and morally we should not intervene in a country unless we have some form of strategy to ensure that the country we leave is in a better state than when we first arrived.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry
Proceeding contribution from
Emily Thornberry
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 13 July 2016.
It occurred during Debate on Report of the Iraq Inquiry.
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