Iran (Proposed Nuclear Agreement)
Debate between Richard Bacon and Chloe Smith(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Philip Hollobone (in the Chair)
That is fine, but in responding to Chloe Smith, I ask Mr Bacon quickly to conclude his speech.
Chloe Smith
My intervention is extremely short, Mr Hollobone, and it is to point out that I believe I referred to Iran as “a premier sponsor”. I hope that that casts some illumination on the notion that there are various sources of threat in this world and that my hon. Friend considers all of them in his following remarks.
Mr Bacon
I will. My final point—I will observe your injunction, Mr Hollobone—is that Iran was in the frontline against the Taliban and al-Qaeda and is now in the frontline against IS, which is one of the most brutal, stone-age regimes that we have seen in modern history and which exists as a direct consequence of our having invaded Iraq in 2003 with President Bush and smashed the country into small pieces.