John Baron MP on Iraq War

Commenting on the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, John Baron MP said:

“Five years on, the enormity of our folly in Iraq becomes ever more apparent. There were no WMD - a mistake for which our troops and millions of innocent Iraqis are still paying the price.”

“The Government claimed in 2003 that invasion would make the world a safer place. Yet Britain is even more at risk from terrorism now than we were then.”

“Civilised nations cannot go goose-stepping around the world, invading countries on the false pre-text that they represent a threat. This is the law of the jungle and contravenes the United Nations charter. ‘Jaw-jaw’ is better than ‘war-war’ – a lesson that needs to be applied in our dealings with Iran.”