Dave, no I don't think it's a small thing but at the end of the day if Tony Blair stood up and said sorry would that really make you vote for them again? It's like Thatcher saying sorry for 11 years of battering the country; you still wouldn't vote for her again!
As for UN peace keepers, it would be nice if we could trust the UN to do a sensible job. Look at Bosnia, rules of engagement were that you couldn't shoot someone ven if they were taking pot shots in the street at innocent civilians; so what is the point of them being there?? Again I go back to the point that the rights or wrongs of the campaign are now insignificat, the fact is that we are there and we shouldn't do half a job. I would like to see all our troops back and out of the firing line as much as the next man but militray decisions shouldn't be made on the back of public opinion. We should ensure that before we withdraw the infrastructure is solid and if that takes another 10 years then so be it. If we can achieve it by next week then that would be great. What we shouldn't do is cut and run.
