My objections to the Iraq war are many, the greatest being that I don't believe getting rid of Saddam was worth what some estimates now put at one million Iraqi lives. Add to that the fact that it was probably an illegal invasion on a false pretext, and I'm well and truly in the anti-war camp.
Now there is an extra reason, possibly the least important, but nevertheless worth noticing.
According to estimates published today, the war has cost the British tax payer £5bn. Think for a moment what we could have achieved if we had invested that in education or in care homes for the elderly. Or how far would £5bn go towards stopping children in Africa dying from the lack of clean water?
Instead, what did we get for our money? We created a civil war without getting any nearer solving the problem of terrorism. We increased the number of people in the world who despise the very name of Britain. We gave a focus for terrorists that didn't exist before.
For a tiny island off the coast of Europe, that's a hell of a way to spend five billion quid.
Saltaire Sam
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