Britains involvement in the new Iraq war is a doomed and dangerous gesture | Simon Jenkins

With no proper strategy, the return to conflict will only reinforce the politics of fear that is the grimmest legacy of the Blair era

This is the moment in any war when peace goes dumb. The cause is just. The enemy is in our sights, and the provocation is extreme. Blood races through tabloid veins. It is white feathers for dissenters. The British governments evident eagerness to bomb Iraq will be put by David Cameron to the House of Commons on Friday. With an election in the offing, Labou...