Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Edward Leigh (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 5 June 2007 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Iran
- Question
- Is it not ironic that one of the many evil consequences of our invasion of Iraq is that we have merely served to increase massively the power and influence of a fundamentalist Islamic regime in the region? Is it not even more ironic that to provide a fig leaf of respectability to get us out of this mess, we have to cut a deal with people who are fundamentally opposed to our national interests?
- Answer
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Sadly, in many parts of the world, cutting deals with people who are not necessarily in favour of our national interests is part of the business of conducting foreign policy
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 461 c130
- Session
- 2006-07
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Iraq Islam Iran
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- View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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