Monday, September 09, 2013

'Assad Unpleasant, But Rational, Chemical Attack Seems Illogical' - Ex-UK Foreign Secretary


Will Obama strike Syria? Have all the consequences of such a strike been weighed in the balance? Is the evidence of a chemical attack enough and credible to punish Assad and the Syrians? Have we not seen the same story in Iraq and if we have, did we learn from history? We talk about this and more with Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary at the time when the West took the crucial decision to launch a war on Iraq.