Full text of letter published in Guardian,  2 November 2006

Tony Blair is right to consider the potential impact of an Iraq inquiry on British troops there. However, he should also consider [the other factors which might have affected their morale. Overstretch and exhaustion. Inadequate numbers, equipment and personal protection. Failures of intelligence, planning and foresight. A servile and supine relationship with the Bush administration which has made them passive auxiliaries of a faulty strategy created by ignorant ideologues.Bweing marooned indefinitely in a huge country full of armed people who hate them, prisoners of events they cannot control.

Above all, Tony Blair should consider] his personal impact on forces' morale, and whether he has met the standards of competence, honesty and responsibility which frontline troops in was deserve in their political leaders.

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