People need to grow up the war was never about weapons inspections and UN resolution or even WMD. The Foreign Secretary made clear at the time that was all a load of toilet. Clearly the UK supported the US regardless.

Anyone who claims to having been lied to should have read some papers or listened to the Foreign secretary. It was clear Iraq was not in a position to have a bar-b-q never mind launch an attack on an undefended burger joint by 2002.

Whilst I think/thought the war was a mistake and a huge one for the US in particular in many ways it was Blair's finest hour lying to the morons who needed an excuse and doing something nasty and in his opinion Real Politik. That Gadaffi's shoe kisser now hides behind a load of toad about getting rid of Saddam is pathetic.

Jack Straw said it at Chilcot I believed none of the crap and supported it (how could anyone when the Foreign secretary said it was bollocks?).

Ed Miliband is a clown 4 months on from being part of a torture cheerleading, coverer uppering and excusing Govt, being an avid supporter of 90 day detention etc etc this guy says hey I am liberal and environmental. No explanation for the blinding light conversion.

It's bizarre the left would endorse him to run a chip shop. Full of un-publicly stated opinions he is now ready to tell us about when he is standing for office.

No doubt he'll tell us after the campaign he was secretly in favour of the 3rd runway and told a close colleague of this during the campaign.

The Enviro difference to the world of his no 3rd runway v David's is nil. Yet the left rejoices at being given a small difference to narcissistically dance over. Neither has a shred of environmental credentials.

David is at least honest he's still proud of Labour's record. Ed is merely lying through his teeth for votes.

I'd vote for neither however if the choice was either or barbecuing my own balls having cut them off with a blunt knife and then made to eat them I'd choose the honest in his dishonest New Labour way David.

I really wish journalists would stop parading rumour as truth.

Why don't these "friends" of Ed M have the guts to go on the record publicly? It sounds like they are making it up. It is very unfortunate that Ed M is using the Iraq War as a political football.

I've always been sceptical of Ed's supposed views on Iraq which have remind burrows until this leadership election. Seems mighty convienient.

I'm even more sceptical having read this defence. There's too much vested interest in this article for me to accept it as the truth.

Yes I have to agree that anonymous sources aren't worth the paper their written on.

You're going to have to do better than that Mehdi.

Journalists work on the basis of not disclosing their sources, unless they have permission to do so.

It's even more the case with political journalists: how often do you see Andrew Rawnsley naming names? There's nothing unusual in the way Mehdi Hasan has treated his two sources.

Indeed, what right do those Iraqis have to live in a free country where they can vote for their own leaders? Who do they think they are, us? You people were screaming for Americans when it was your liberty under threat. Guess what? The times, they are a'change’n. There is a new awakening in America. When it comes, and it will be sooner than you think, just remember the bile you voiced about how awful we are.

Sadam was contained. He could not fly, North or South, let alone outside his country. Their was an embargo. He had made peace with Iran. When Iran eneterd Iraq, if he had had WMD, he would have used them ? He did not. And, for all of you who don't know what you're talking about, when Sadam gassed the first batch of kurds, the UK was still selling weapons to him. Hence the Scott enquiry. Money talks, until you're copped.