Rebutting blowback thesis

Guardian letter writer Richard Mollet cuts to the chase with this brief but powerful letter in today’s Guardian: The I told you so brigade did not take long (Blair's blowback, July 11). But if one assumes Blair did recognise there may be some increase in British susceptibility to attack as a consequence of invading Iraq, it is wrong to accuse him of being negligent in pursuing the policy. Worrying about what terrorists may do and trimming our behaviour accordingly is never the appropriate response. This is as true of choosing to continue to use the tube, as it is of developing foreign policy.