London Theatre Guide
11 September 2004
STUFF HAPPENS
by Alan Bird

 

We all have a view on the war on Iraq. Was it just? Was it legal? Why did it happen? In fact there seems to be nothing about the war in Iraq that is not swamped in a quagmire of controversy. However, no matter how deep the controversy becomes, we need only be reminded of the justifications our illustrious leaders provided for going to war to know that it is they themselves who have dug the foxhole they now find themselves trapped in.

David Hare's play contains very little new information, so what is the point of re-hashing the justifications for the war?

 

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