Our motives (for war against Iraq) are becoming mixed as extra motives are thrown into the pot.

We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War.