But just like England there's no one able to play on the left

With a bit of sophistry that would make John Madden proud (even without the Telestrator)Daniel Finkelstein of the Times explains to us why the invasion of Iraq was the right thing to do. Now Mr. Finkelstein is obviously much more intelligent I am and I cannot follow all of his reasoning but I think that the gist of his argument is that the war on Iraq was the right thing at the rignt time not because there were any legitimate justifications for an act of aggression but because the US were big favourites and likely to win. Even if you got 500-1 you wouldn't have put even a fiver on Iraq. I mean even if Ryan Giggs wasn't Welsh and could make space down their left wing Iraq wouldn't have stood a chance against America's up front pairing of Humvee and the appropriately named, if oddly spelt, Stryker (the name was probably changed at Ellis Island).

Clearly Mr. Finkelstien is the reincarnation of Damon Runyon.