That's a great question V and as such it deserves some thought if only on the "should get prosecuted" point alone.
Or perhaps;
Why Parliament was misled.
Why the British people were misled.
Why Ministers of the Crown including the Prime Minister appears to have ignored legal opinion.
Why an unelected Director of Media Communications seems to have been at the heart of these matters of national importance.
Why it seems to have been accepted by a select group within the government that they had the right to adopt a strategy founded on their terms and to suit their overall goals.
Why is seemed so easy to get the national media of this country
‘On message’ so that pertinent questions were not asked as to why this action was really necessary.
Finally, for the moment, why should these people who embarked on this disastrous and unnecessary war not be called to question and asked to explain their motivation for causing a situation the effects of which have destroyed, and will continue to destroy, many lives and waste money that could have been put to better use for the benefit of those within this nation.
We have been the streetwalkers of the United States for much too long now.
Very good questions Zulu, as usual
only not agreed in the last statement..
Its been long time I'm watching Brits and most of them wont go after US.. and I must note the answer for your question is: both economical systems are strongly tied together.. So your politicians do what they are forced to do logically :-/ (may sound contradictory but true)
That has been the trouble cem. Too many in the political arena in this country, particularly over the last 12 years, have believed that some form of 1.special relationship exists between the UK and USA. I don't believe that it does.
From what I see the US has a foreign policy designed to benefit that country alone and they will exploit others to whatever degree necessary to achieve that goal. 2.Only in recent times has the policy of the US moved from blatant insular thinking and protectionism to one of being aware of how they are viewed in the world and developing a foreign policy to deal with it.
There may be a common language and a general approximation in values and desires but I think it stops there. We, in this country, haven't done ourselves any favours by remaining lapdogs sucking at the teat, and in thrall of this 'great power'
1. if you look at the normal (middle ) class British citizen-Usa citizen life ..yes.. no direct relationship unless there is blood relation.. And in fact, both middle classes suffer daily problems of those nations and they send their children to war :-/
However , there is an elite (not rich very very rich) class in both countries which in fact controls the banks, industry and market and even rules the governments ..(and who doesnt play their game will have a ticket to moon with one way only)(long and detailed subject so I dont go further)
They are very strongly coordinated and tied together.. And have hands and legs in both continents..
For the US part I can say that the dominating class have the anchestors which are mostly settlers from Britain (although they rebel against the King) .. Just checking their language is enough to proove the historical connection..
and just to give a simple example, even in my country , no prime minister can sit in his chair more than few months if big brother dont accept..
so, as a result, we vote for a democracy which is not our game arena..
And every politician early or late (not using sooner or later as if late they dont survive
) discovers the rules he must obey or he is going to be swept quickly..
2.Yep.. they discovered the fact , changed the face , so we see Obama now ..