Richard Ingrams criticises composition of the Iraq Inquiry panel

Friday, 26 June 2009 12:11

Richard Ingrams (pictured), a columnist at The Independent and a former editor of Private Eye, penned a column in last Saturday’s paper commenting on the appointment of Sir Martin Gilbert and Sir Lawrence Freedman to the newly formed Iraq Inquiry committee.

He wrote:

‘Sir Martin Gilbert, the allegedly distinguished historian who is one of those appointed to investigate the Iraq war, has let it be known that one day in the future Bush and Blair might be seen in the same light as Roosevelt and Churchill. A good example of the rule that when it comes to talking nonsense it's hard to beat a historian.'

‘Why did the Americans invade? We still don't know. Even Bush's director of policy at the state department Richard Haass has said that "he would go to his grave not knowing the answer". Some people insist that it was all about oil, others that preserving the security of Israel was a prime factor.

‘These are questions that Brown's committee can be relied on not to pursue – least of all the question of any Israeli involvement. Like his fellow historian Lawrence Freedman, who also sits on the inquiry, Sir Martin Gilbert is a committed Zionist and he would be most unwilling to consider anything that might disturb his absurd conception of Blair and Bush as a latter-day Churchill and FDR.’

Makes you grateful that the Inquiry will be public, doesn’t it?

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Toupes Nemesis

|2009-06-26 09:01:48

By gone conclusion then, well what a surprise....

PS HP blogg, if your not a jew don't bother. If your views are not in line with the Sha's Party policies don't bother. If you even think bad of Israel, don't bother........try it?!?

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