Monday, November 24, 2003

War Critics Astonished As U.S. Hawk Admits Invasion Was Illegal





International lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal.



In a startling break with the official White House and Downing Street lines, Mr Perle told an audience in London: "I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing."





The Iniquity Summary Haiku:



Illegal, you say?

Just try and arrest us then.

We'll invade you too!