Writes Simon Jenkins in the London Times: “Familiarity is blinding Britons to the obscenity of the ‘pious hope’ policy. The destruction of Fallujah, largely from the air, was an atrocity. A ghost city has been left as monument to Western inhumanity while the guerrillas merely migrated to Mosul. That Britain should have been party to a re-enactment of Guernica beggars belief. Now 500lb bombs are being dropped on civilian houses. Setting aside the impact this must have on bodies, hearts and minds, it must be against the rules of war. What say the law officers of the Crown? Nothing.” Read … Continue reading The Pious Hope Policy