Comments on: Spirit of inquiry http://commonendeavour.org/2009/06/18/spirit-of-enquiry/ In Place Of Fear Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha hourly 1 By: Cityunslicker http://commonendeavour.org/2009/06/18/spirit-of-enquiry/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Cityunslicker Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:39:18 +0000 http://commonendeavour.org/?p=1099#comment-118 The importance of a final enquiry is to bind future Government's that they will not again lie about the reasons for a war, nor enter into one which they cannot really win in the long-term. Iraq served little purpose, perhaps if democarcy thrives in 10 years I may say different, nbut for now I see only the human waste. The importance of a final enquiry is to bind future Government's that they will not again lie about the reasons for a war, nor enter into one which they cannot really win in the long-term.

Iraq served little purpose, perhaps if democarcy thrives in 10 years I may say different, nbut for now I see only the human waste.

]]> By: Dave Cole http://commonendeavour.org/2009/06/18/spirit-of-enquiry/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Dave Cole Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:42:58 +0000 http://commonendeavour.org/?p=1099#comment-100 The purpose an inquiry into Iraq should serve is to analyse the preparation, execution and conclusion of the British military operation in Iraq. Knowing what we know now, did we know enough to engage on the project; did we do enough to understand it; did we analyse it effectively; were all the different stages of implementation, including the on-the-job planning, adequately conducted; did we leave at an appropriate time and in an appropriate manner? Of course, that leads to a certain amount of fine detail. For instance, were vehicles sufficiently armoured? That cannot be conducted wholly in public because - with respectful regard to the families od the dead - too much information on, say, how we jury-rigged protection for vehicles could place people in the field and unnecessarily greater risk in future. It is not to come up with a grand, political narrative but to identify failures, show best practice and so on. A question I would ask of the Stop the War Coalition is whether any inquiry could find a result other than TB being culpable of war crimes. If the answer is 'no', as I suspect it would be, it would cast a certain light on all their protestations. xD. The purpose an inquiry into Iraq should serve is to analyse the preparation, execution and conclusion of the British military operation in Iraq.

Knowing what we know now, did we know enough to engage on the project; did we do enough to understand it; did we analyse it effectively; were all the different stages of implementation, including the on-the-job planning, adequately conducted; did we leave at an appropriate time and in an appropriate manner?

Of course, that leads to a certain amount of fine detail. For instance, were vehicles sufficiently armoured? That cannot be conducted wholly in public because - with respectful regard to the families od the dead - too much information on, say, how we jury-rigged protection for vehicles could place people in the field and unnecessarily greater risk in future.

It is not to come up with a grand, political narrative but to identify failures, show best practice and so on.

A question I would ask of the Stop the War Coalition is whether any inquiry could find a result other than TB being culpable of war crimes. If the answer is 'no', as I suspect it would be, it would cast a certain light on all their protestations.

xD.

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