There probably will be a public inquiry into hows and whys of the Iraq invasion, but not before Britain withdraws its armed forces from Iraq.

It is it merely a coincidence that certain acts of genocide and mass killing generate more interest amongst liberal interventionists than others? After all, the queue for those clamouring for intervention in one of the worst internal conflicts in our life time seems to be rather small.

I doubt anything will happen, given the record of Israel clearing its own of committing crimes against Palestinians.

Meanwhile, church leaders have called for the need to “re-frame the religious dimensions” Israel-Palestine conflict.

By many estimates, by the end of the Bush years, America’s reputation as a lead defender of democracy and human rights was in tatters.