Clearing out the Christians

Tony Blair likes it to be known that he is a Christian now that it is politically expedient for him to be so. He was not overtly a Christian during the days when he was controlled by Alastair "We don't do God) Campbell. We will never know whether or not he was guided by his Christian principles when he decided to invade Iraq; nevertheless, the decision has been a dire one for Christians who have been living relatively unscathed for 2000 years.
According to a Times news report this morning, Christians face extinction in the country that Bush and Blair tried to transform into a cradle of democracy. They are being persecuted and driven out of their ancient homeland by various factions. I wouldn't blame the various groups who are responsible for the persecution, but I would blame those who deliberately invaded Iraq for their own narrow purposes and de-stablized a society that was functioning well.
I am not even sure that mr Blair even knew that he had fellow Christians living in Iraq, or if he knew he didn't care. He was probably far too self-absorbed to concern himself about such matters.
He now has the advantage of secretly confessing his sins to God and being absolved.

Is there any point to this Iraq inquiry?

I think I've answered my own question. Any testimony the government is comfortable with will be heard in open court. If there is anything the government (or Tony Blair) doesn't want us to know it will be heard in secret, or not at all. In time (at least a year we are now told) some anodyne report will be published that nproves nothing, exonerates everyone and promises to learn lessons from some of the minor cock-ups.

Heigh ho!

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I am now fully convinced that is pathological with Brown. The Iraq enquiry has now been set up to conclude, well, absolutely nothing. So once more we will go through another expensive charade for no good purpose other than to protect a few liars. Many of us knew the truth before the invasion began. We knew we were being lied to but a sufficient number of MPs chose to take Tony Blair's proffered fig leaf and so we got into something that we could not come out of with honour.

Brown could fairly claim that it wasn't his decision and most would accept that. He is therefore in a position to commission an open enquiry and let the blame fall where it should. In fact he could have done this two years ago and won himself some credit. But he stubbornly ploughs on, seemingly determined to be on the wrong side of every issue. It is pathological.