Prime Minister Tony Blair defeated a opposition request for an probe into his handling of the Iraqi war. For now Defense Secretary Des Browne says
that it may happen in the future.
today.reuters.co.uk
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush's strongest ally in the Iraq war, defeated an opposition bid in
parliament on Tuesday to force an inquiry into his handling of the conflict.
Defence Secretary Des Browne, however, said an investigation would eventually be carried out.
"When the time is right, of course there will be such an inquiry," Browne told BBC television.
The Ministry of Defence promptly said Browne had not signalled a change in government policy.
"The government's position remains the same. We are not ruling out further inquiries and we are not ruling them in," a ministry spokesman told
Reuters.
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What I don't understand and what seems to be very common lately, is if the public and the people in government that represent you wish to inquire or
have questions regarding things such as this, then why would a representative of the people wish to fight it? Unless you have something to hide or
fear that what you did was wrong, why would you not just abide by the request of the people and submit to it? I find this trend to be very
dosconcerting lately. It seems that wether they be government in Great britain or government in America that these people once elected feel as though
they no longer have to answer to us.
It seems to me that only a person that has something to hide would not submit to such a probe. If in fact everything you did was above board and by
the rules , then you have nothing to fear.
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[edit on 1-11-2006 by UM_Gazz]