We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.
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It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.
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We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.
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Indeed it is a characteristic of most human beings, whether politicians or not, to flatter themselves on their knowledge of history.
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Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time.
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