“The invasion of Iraq was tragic for the people of that country but for the British political elite it is as though it never happened.”

— Mark Curtis (British author)

For the British political elite, the invasion of Iraq never happened http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/british-political-elite-invasion-iraq-never-happened-435103022 (19 March 2018), Middle East Eye.

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