Proceeding contribution from Harry Cohen (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 January 2007. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Iraq and the wider Middle East.
Iraq and the wider Middle East
My hon. Friend is right to question the Prime Minister’s distinction between hard and soft power—between war fighting and peacekeeping—but is there not also a difference between going to war in one’s own defence, or as a last resort against a pre-emptive strike, and going to war by choice?
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- 455 c1511
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- 2006-07
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- Armed forces Armed conflict Casualties Civilians Women Human rights Iraq Economic situation Foreign policy Nuclear weapons Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Violence USA UN resolutions Israel Palestine Iran Syria Middle East Reconstruction Peace negotiations Iraq conflict Lebanon Occupied territories Ceasefires
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