Justice and Hypocrisy
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:46 am
John Reid, the British Home Secretary, said that Saddam?s hanging ?was a sovereign decision by a sovereign nation?. Thank heavens he didn?t mention the ?200,000 worth of thiodiglycol, one of two components of mustard gas we exported to Baghdad in 1988, and another ?50,000 worth of the same vile substances the following year.
We also sent thionyl chloride to Iraq in 1988 at a price of only ?26,000. Yes, I know these could be used to make ballpoint ink and fabric dyes. But this was the same country?Britain?that would, eight years later, prohibit the sale of diphtheria vaccine to Iraqi children on the grounds that it could be used for?you guessed it??weapons of mass destruction?.
We also sent thionyl chloride to Iraq in 1988 at a price of only ?26,000. Yes, I know these could be used to make ballpoint ink and fabric dyes. But this was the same country?Britain?that would, eight years later, prohibit the sale of diphtheria vaccine to Iraqi children on the grounds that it could be used for?you guessed it??weapons of mass destruction?.