It takes a European tribunal to reach the obvious conclusion when we merely obfuscate. The Dutch have ruled that the Iraq war was illegal under international law (and the Dutch were supposedly part of 'New Europe'). The Chilcot Inquiry will no doubt disappoint because it's not going to pass a judgement on the rights and the wrongs, just the lessons (how many times though have the lessons of history been ignored or abused, as in the acse of the Iraq War - it's a fatuous excuse by an Inquiry composed of neo-liberal interventionists). Watching Charlie Falconer (he's a lord, but there's nothing noble about his conduct) on Newsnight trot out the same lies he did seven-eight years ago in defence of Alistair Campbell's untruths (and in the process trashing Sir Jonathan Meyer who has now 'seen the light') was distinctly Swiftian. No wonder Paxman looked like he was suffering from deja vu.