06-23-2020, 09:19 PM
Britain has a duty to the world, as it always has, and that duty means that we have to step-in when the reasons are right. It is overwhelmingly clear to me that the reasons for intervention in Iraq are right, are fair, and - perhaps most importantly - are done with the good of the whole international community in mind. We cannot lie idly by as tyrants such as Saddam Hussein believe they can roll the tanks into neighbouring sovereign states - intervention here is nothing but just. War is a horrible thing, but for the right reasons, we have no choice - it is our duty as a democratic nation to defend the international order. Every penny spent, every drop of blood spilled, and every word spoken by Ministers must be scrutinised to the extreme here. But intervention is the right decision all the same, and I commend the Government for making a difficult call correctly.
Alex Cardigan MP
Deputy Prime Minister (1992-present)
Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1990-present) | MP for Montgomery (1983-present)
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