Saturday 9 July 2016

Iraq- companion poem to Somme

Iraq War
thirteen years on
Lord Chilcot says
Two point six million words. 

Not all options had been explored
The United Nations had been undermined
Saddam Hussein could have been disarmed

Take away the Weapons of Mass Destruction 
He didn't have?

Not a whitewash
But a sticking plaster
Not an indictment
But wriggle room

Words not strong enough to try Blair on
Words that still allow him to say that
He made the right decision.

No apology
Just weasel words
A man afraid of consequences
With no sign of remorse.

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