Airstrip One

Empty Cooing

Mick Hume takes apart the conventional antiwar case, hilarious. The problem with the peace movement is that a case based on compassion for the poor Iraqis has trouble when arguing for the continuation of Saddam Hussein's rule (I know that Arabs have a talent for coming up with far worse domestic arrangements than Saddam, but let's just say that he's not a pleasant man). Similarly the compassionate case sort of runs thin when saying that sanctions will bring him down when we are blocking chlorine to block the water supply and children's medicine.

The argument against intervention in other people's disputes is simply that they are not worth the expense and risk. Little England may be boring for the armchair generals but it is far more peaceful and prosperous.