I've got an update on Mr Kidney's stance on Iraq. Here's his response in full to an email I sent him, asking what he would be doing to ensure the Iraq inquiry would cover every aspect of the war.
He said: "You are right to focus on the terms of reference for the inquiry. After all, there have been four inquiries already and they haven’t satisfied everyone that the invasion was a good idea. And this inquiry will have to cover everything that has happened since the initial invasion was completed, including the preparations for immediate humanitarian aid, re-building broken infra structure and building up a new political system with effective means of spreading democracy, holding free and fair elections, keeping the peace and defending the country. I will certainly take part in the debate about the terms of reference."
So it looks like this inquiry is not going to pay much attention to the pre-invasion lies. If you look at the third sentence it seems that the lesson our leaders are hoping to learn from Iraq is how to do invasions of foreign countries better in future! Can't wait for Iran.
