At the start of the year, The Independent on Sunday argued that there were three overwhelming reasons why Iraq should not be invaded: there was no proof that Saddam posed an imminent threat; Iraq would be even more unstable as a result of its liberation; and a conflict would increase the threat posed by terrorists. What we did not know was that Tony Blair had received intelligence and advice that raised the very same points.
Last week’s report from the Intelligence and Security Committee included the revelation that some of the intelligence had warned that a war against Iraq risked an increased threat of terrorism. Why did Mr. Blair not make this evidence available to the public in the way that so much of the alarmist intelligence on Saddam’s weapons was published Why did he choose to ignore the intelligence and argue instead that the war was necessary, precisely because of the threat posed by international terrorism
There have been two parliamentary i
A. most ministers were suspicious of Hoon’s conduct.
B. Hoon will not do anything without consulting Blair.
C. Blair should not divert his responsibility to his Cabinet.
D. MPs think that it is Blair who drags the country into the war.
When I was a child in Sunday school, I would ask
searching questions like "Angels can fly up in heaven, but how do clouds hold up
pianos, and get the same puzzling response about how that was not
important, what was important was that Jesus died for our sins and if we
accepted him as our savior, when we died, we would go to heaven, where we’d get
everything we wanted. Some children in my class wondered why anyone would hang
on a cross with nails stuck through his hands to help anyone else; I wondered
how Santa Claus knew what I wanted for Christmas, even though I never wrote him
a letter. Maybe he had a tape recorder hidden in every chimney in the
world. This literal-mindedness has stuck with me; one result of it is that I am unable to believe in God. Most of the other atheists I know seem to feel freed or proud of their unbeli A. Jesus’ B. a child’s C. anyone’s D. Santa Claus’ 我来回答: 提交
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