Broken Promises (aka Lies!) revealed in the US draft UN resolution (9 May 2003): 1. Oil. Blair: “We don’t touch it and the US doesn’t touch it” (7 March 2003). US and UK had control of Iraq’s oil revenues, the Iraqi puppet government forced into a deal. 2. UN Role. Bush: “The UN will have a vital role to play” (8 April 2003). All operational decisions were taken by US and UK officials. The UN was “advisory”. 3. WMDs. Jack Straw, UK Foreign Minister: “Should the UN have a vital role to play in respect of weapons inspections? The answer to that is yes” (25 April 2003). The UN weapons inspectors were ignored. 4. Aid. Blair: The UN should have a key role in administering the delivery of humanitarian aid (18 March 2003). US and UK oversee aid. 5. Government. Blair: Military action is to uphold the authority of the UN and to make sure Saddam is disarmed (7 March 2003). US and UK to be occupying powers in Iraq.
Now it’s no good to have such rights if they’re not used — a right of free speech when no one contradicts the government, freedom of the press when no one is willing to ask the tough questions, a right of assembly when there are no protests, universal suffrage when less than half the electorate votes, separation of church and state when the wall of separation is not regularly repaired. Rights and freedoms: use ’em or lose ’em.
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