The Spectator

Women in Iraq

We who supported the war in Iraq have been obliged by events to jettison a series of justifications

issue 13 August 2005

For the dwindling band of us prepared to admit that we backed the war in Iraq, there appears to be yet more bad news from Baghdad. By next Monday the Iraqis are supposed to have agreed a new constitution, and early indications have been that it will not be an entirely progressive document.

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