The "Bilx" was a joke, lighten up.

The Ross Carne paper dated when?

1. "Ross testified during the Butler Review, which investigated intelligence blunders in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. He testified that at no time during his work on Iraq (1998-2002) did the UK or US assess that Iraq's WMD posed a threat."

So "at no time during his work on Iraq (1998-2002) did the UK or US assess that Iraq's WMD posed a threat" Well that is patently incorrect:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp

and this

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/02/17/transcripts/clinton.iraq/

Perhaps those making those comments weren't making it plain enough for Mr. Carne.

2. "He also argued that available alternatives to war, namely targeting Iraq's illegal oil revenues, were ignored."

Argued with whom? So he suggested that we target Iraq's illegal oil revenues did he Peter? Did he offer any plausible or feasible ways of doing that considering that most went out overland through Syria, Turkey and Iran. Tell us how "WE" could possibly have prevented those illegal exports of oil, apart from which, post-invasion when the full picture of that fiasco that was the "Oil for Food Scandal" came out it was established that half the UN officials dealing with it were corrupt, and they were the ones that would "do something about it" on our behalf - that's a joke if ever I heard one. With suggestions such as that it is little bloody wonder that they were ignored.