Permissiveness

Via Kevin Drum (via Instapundit) we get a Guardian story of Tony Blair's reinterpretation of the link between Saddam and al Qaeda:

Deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein did let al-Qaida operate out of Iraq, Downing Street insisted today.

...No 10 said it was not claiming a direct link but a spokeswoman said: "The prime minister has always said Saddam created a permissive environment for terrorism and we know that the people affiliated to al-Qaida operated in Iraq during the regime.

Careful there Tony. If "creating a permissive environment" is enough of a justification to go off the deep end then your To Do List is going to get pretty long. The first thing on your list will be to pop over to the Hague. While there you'll need to file war crimes charges against your good friend George for the permissive environment created by his government which bred a culture of tortue and abuse.

I realize that justifications for the war have all but dried up. But do you really want to make your last stand on "permissiveness?"