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Not having a written constitution allowed Blair and his advisers to go to war without reference to parliament or the public. George Monbiot comments on a rather confusing unbalanced discussion programme broadcasted on the BBC a Friday before the New Year. Programme discussed with Lord Guthrie, formerly chief of the defense staff, and Sir Kevin Tebbit, until recently the senior civil servant at the Ministry of Defense, if the parliament decides whether Britain should or not go for war. The discussion reveals some terrifying facts about the privileges of unfathomable power which lead Britain to become a party to a crime that killed million of people and changed the history of the world. Guthrie argued that parliamentary approval would mean intelligence had to be shared with MPs; that the other side could not be taken by surprise which means that the enemies will know that an attack has been planned. Tebbit argued that the prime minister can not deploy forces until he or she has a command over majority of the parliament. This way the executive is already accountable to parliament. Once the prime minister has his majority, in other words, MPs become redundant.[1] Wagging a war of aggression is considered to be a supreme international crime, according to International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. It is actually at the top of the list of war crimes but mostly th e nations or organisation supporting the point of view are scoffed off where in reality these are the few who stand between us and the greatest crimes in history. Cont… 

[1] George Monbiot, How Britain became party to a crime, The Guardian.