Harold Pinter acknowledgement speech

[kandrathe]

Well said.

I'm wondering, when it comes to the topic of politics, cold war, and alliances that there are many strange bed fellows, and not just those of the USA.

For instance, I recall Saddam getting help in his chemical weapons armarments from Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Britain, Italy, Sweden, Nederlands, France and of course the USA. How many hundreds more examples are there with all the dirty little pockets of greed and evil around the globe?

The TRUTH about the war is that a suspected WMD capable nation was being led by a thug who no longer was interested in playing by the world's rules. The one thing that everyone knew was that Saddam had a closed society, and it bred suspicion and distortions of what was under the covers.

I don't have regrets about going to war, although I think the stated reasons of "WMD" and "Links to Terrorism" were a weak justification in that they were more suspicions. The *real* reason for the war was more complicated in a geopolitical sense, than many people would understand and unfortunately rather than pursue a good justification, Bush and Blair sought a short-cut which returned to bite them. In my opinion, the war happened because sanctions failed.

I do have regrets about the execution of the post war occupation, which allowed an insurgency to fester which has slowed the reconstruction, and prolonged the suffering of the Iraqi people.

Pinter's lecture is another high profile whine of the same refrain, covering the same tired ground, and reveals no more light than any other pre or post war artists rant.