latest corrispondance sent to MP today regarding chemical weapons, war crimes war criminals & accountability

Mr Donohoe,
Thank you for you speedy reply regarding the chemical weapons issue, I trust you will be as vigilant at keeping me up to date on how this progresses as you were regarding the issues we communicated on regarding the Stuart Hall case.

Now, I am sure you are aware of my position on the very serious issue regarding chemical weapons, indeed I would imagine you may have some inclination as to my position as a constituent, on the whole issue of war, and indeed, transparency  regarding the behaviors of government & accountability of government.

I am, of course aware, that we have many different opinions on the issues involved in this regard.

For instance I am aware that you voted moderately in favor of the Iraq war, and strongly against investigation into that war,
and of course this is cause for concern for me, coupled with your voting strongly against transparent government.

However you have a duty of office to represent people like me, your constituents, and therefore I feel it is relevant that I, as one of those constituents make you aware of my wishes as to how I wish my views to be represented.

In recent months,  indeed over the last 4 years , it has become clear though various reports & disclosures via leaks, that the public were kept very much in the dark regarding the Iraq & Afghan wars, not least via the Afghan war logs & Iraq war logs disclosed and exposed by Bradly Manning,and although I understand these revelations, leaks , may not sit well with you personally in light of how your votes in regard of the Iraq war, & indeed, tranparancy in government reflects,  I believe your duty is to represent constituents, and this should take precedence over your personal position on these issues.

With this in mind, I feel it is particularly important now, with these latest revelations regarding chemical weapons & chemical compounds used to produce these weapons being sold to unstable governments with poor human rights records by British companies with licenses granted by Vince Cables office, that the government is held accountable and the public is made aware clearly, as to what government has been doing in the name of the people.

It is clear that chemical weapons are regarded as weapons of mass destruction, indeed it was on the basis of this that Tony Blair took the UK into the Iraq war, and given what we now know about the UK governments behavior & indeed Mr Blair's position on that war as a result of the Chilcot Inquiry, I feel very strongly that there are still many question to be answered in regard of these issues , particularly in light of the latest discloser regarding the chemicals involved being licensed by sale by the UK government to UK based companies & it beggars the question as to were these same companies involved in selling weapons to Iraq, because it stands to reason to believe that if companies were  granted these license's in 2011 then there is a strong possibility they were also being granted these licenses during the Iraq war, despite these  weapons being banned by international treaties & indeed, the whole basis around which the rhetoric promoting the Iraq war was "sold " to the public.

I like many other people in the UK, & indeed the rest of the world, believe Tony Blair has been shown to have behaved not only wrongly, immorally & unethically in regard of the Iraq war, but criminally, and I believe parliament has a duty to hold him accountable with regard to criminal activities & behaviors with regard to Iraq & Afghanistan wars.
I don't believe the Chilcot inquiry did this, although it did provide substantial evidance to support that Mr Blair's behaviors & indeed evidance was unreliable.

I believe MP's have a duty to the nation to hold accountable mal practice & criminal practice by members of government, and that this duty should take priority over any party loyalty to individual leaders or indeed party policy.

In the case of war crimes & chemical weapons the safety, protection & rights of civilians, of the people is paramount, and those involved in violating these fundamental rights & safety must be held accountable no matter what position they have held in government , as is reflected in the fact that the International Criminal Court, in the Hague exists to hold those who commit crimes against humanity accountable.

With this in mind, I now urge you to take the appropriate steps to insure accountability & transparency from government regarding these licenses pertaining to chemical weapons & compounds used to produce them & their sales abroad, and I further urge you to insure that this investigation includes looking back over the granting of these licenses, during and under Tony Blairs leadership, because it is & was every bit a dangerous, irresponsible & unethical to have been granting these licenses then, via the defense department, as it is now,  particularly given the pretext that the UK, under the leadership of Blair went to war in Iraq because Blair was insistent that Sudam Hussian had chemical weapons and planned to use them on his people. One has to asked was Mr Blair so hell bent and insistent because he was aware that UK had granted the lisence for the sale of these weapons.

There has been way to many lies & deceptions in recent years by governments, including the former labor government, regarding issues of war & war crimes, that have caused way to many losses of life both to civilians of the countries were the UK, with its allies have intervened,  and indeed causeing loss to British troops & their families in addition to the thousands who have been injured & displaced.

It is time for individual MP's like yourself, who represent the people of the UK, to do the correct thing by their constituents instead of giving lip service in order to gain votes,
it is time for individual MP's to hold government accountable for the lies cover-ups and deceptions they have inflicted on the people they are meant to represent over the last 3 decades,
It is time for MP's to level with the public and hold criminals in government involved in unethical behaviors & war crimes accountable,
 With this in mind,I again urge you to insure that those involved with these latest chemical weapons revelations are held accountable &  made face criminal proceedings,( the sale of chemical weapon is I believe illegal under international law)
AND,
Additionally I urge you to insure  Tony Blair is subject of criminal inquiry regarding his part in war crimes reflected by evidance of recent years regarding his behaviors and involvement regarding Iraq & Afghan wars, irrespective of personal loyalty you may have to your former leader, and party and in your role as a MP with a duty of care and responsibility to represent constituents like myself .

Yours Sincerely,

June MacKendrick