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> It was presumably clear to those in MI6 that Blair had already decided to go to war, so what would have been in it for them to try and persuade him otherwise?
by jackgavigan 10y ago
> It was presumably clear to those in MI6 that Blair had already decided to go to war, so what would have been in it for them to try and persuade him otherwise? Probably an early retirement at best.
It's deeply saddening to think that hundreds of people were more interested in protecting their position and pension than they were in doing the right thing. It's an astonishing failure of moral courage.
- arethuza 10y agoI suspect anyone suspected of "moral courage" never makes it to the higher reaches of the civil service or the military. Mind you, places like ARRSE are fond of pointing out that many a senior general seems to rediscover their morals in their memoirs once they retire!