Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 April 2003

Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements.

 

I ask the Minister of State not to reply that the Attorney General said we were not involved in the war. I accept that as an interesting, casuistic, Jesuitical distinction, but what I want to know is whether, if the Government believes a war is immoral and illegal, it will still tolerate troops passing through on the basis of some vague – I emphasise the word "vague"– precedent. It was shameful to allow troops to pass through during the war on Vietnam, but it was a different era: we had a different view of the world and we were less informed about the brutalities that were taking place.

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