It's a sad fact that a lot of those countries who haven't been involved in the war in Iraq have taken far more responsibility for rehoming people displaced by the war than Britain has done.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.
Britain, along with the U.S.A., is war weary, and after the travesty of Iraq and Afghanistan, has grave misgivings in any future involvement in the Middle East. The ghost of Tony Blair and his single-minded determination to attack Iraq, at any cost, has cast a long shadow over British politics. The British public have a long collective memory.
We believe that government in Britain should be working to restore our reputation on the international stage after Iraq and engage better within Europe.
Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest.
We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility has waned in the last year as military and intelligence resources were withdrawn from Afghanistan and Pakistan to be used in Iraq.
If British troops are committed to action, then the nation will, of course, support them. Their courage and skill is not in doubt.
If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq.
I personally hold Blair more responsible for this war than I do George Bush. The reason is, Blair knows better, Blair is not an idiot. What is he doing hanging around this guy?
There are a lot of Iraqi people we can never pay back for what we've done.
Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up.