Posted 1:58 PM by Paul
Just A Feeling of Sadness

So, that's it then. Blair flies out to the Azores for a photo-op with Bush and Aznar to declare war on Iraqi civilians and blame it all on the French.

We went to a St. Patricks Day Party tonight. A couple of Irish friends were moving house. It was a lovely night and Finbar sang Danny Boy. Watching the kids play, I imagined what I would be thinking if I were an opponent of Saddam in Baghdad tonight instead of an opponent of Blair in London.

I felt helpless and sick in my stomach that I was a part of all this. I had been complicit. Member of the Labour Party. Ex-Labour councillor. Actively canvassed for a Labour Government in 97. I made donations to Tony Blair's campaign funds. I am part of the problem. English. If an Iraqi hit back at me. How could I blame them?

But if I were an Iraqi dissident I would be looking at my kids and wondering if they would be alive tomorrow morning. Not indulging in self pity.

It is a moment of real shame for the UK.