Blair joins Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’. Never forget Iraq
The second Iraq War started on March 20th 2003. A Guardian Fletter in 2022 made the point that when Blair was appointed to the Order of the Garter it was an attempt to erase from the official memory what happened.
Keir Starmer, while approving a knighthood for Tony Blair, notes that Iraq remains an issue for many (UK government urged to rescind Tony Blair’s knighthood, 4 January 2022). The problem is that elevating the former prime minister to the Order of the Garter is an official attempt to say that the Iraq war doesn’t matter any-more. The current Labour leader had it right when, as a QC and human rights lawyer, he wrote in the Guardian on 17 March 2003 that “flawed advice does not make the unlawful use of force lawful”. Many of us remember the point; it’s a pity Sir Keir seems to have forgotten it.
Keith Flett
Tottenham, London Guardian Fletter, January 2022
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