It followed that hiding misdeeds, like war crimes and other forms of mass violence, would now be almost impossible. There has been no mass global upsurge to match the scale of the atrocities being inflicted in Gaza and Lebanon. AdvertisementToday, we live in a time of information overload, including graphic images of human suffering. This is despite the British government’s “Iraq Inquiry” by Sir John Chilcot which concluded, in 2016, that the invasion of Iraq had been unnecessary. Nevertheless, in 2017, British courts ruled that Tony Blair should not face prosecution for his role in the Iraq war.

Source: Indian Express October 10, 2024 17:40 UTC