Don’t pretend your reason for war never existed

Eric Joyce was on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, saying the UK was part of the invasion force because Saddam Hussein was a tyrant toward his people.

I’m fairly certain the main reason given for the UK signing up to an invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the non-compliance of Saddam Hussein’s regime with respect to United Nations directives on Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Thanks to the power of the Internets I know my memory isn’t faulty. Thanks to the power of the Internets we know he is just desperately trying to rewrite history to make his party (and himself) look less like utter turds.

• 20 Mar 2007