Expert Government

The costs of war to the UK are far more than monetary, but money is very relevant in these difficult times. In February 2009 The Guardian reported that the total cost for 2009 would be in the order of £4.5bn. It will be interesting to know how much these wars ultimately cost us.
While we spend huge amounts to fund war in countries which are no threat to us, our universities are cutting spending, and less of our future workforce is taking the education we were told is so vital for the future prosperity of this country and the social mobility of its people. Many of the unemployed young people who did commit their time and money to preparing themselves for work through education must be feeling very cheated by this priority.
Iraq and Afghanistan are no danger to the UK, our presence there was/is making things worse for us. It is now clear that our involvement in those wars was initiated by Blair regardless of its legality. Blair has said he would have found another excuse to promulgate war if necessary. Whether it was egotism, or religious crusading, or for money from the US, or whatever else, it was it was wrong and shameful for this country. Brown had the opportunity to get us out of these wars when he became PM, but like his financial mismanagement of the economy, he failed that test too.
Power corrupts… These extremely poor decisions demonstrate clearly that power should never be concentrated in the hands of a few.