Margaret Thatcher: Against the Iraq War

You get your quotes where you can find them. Thatcher (famous for stiffening George Senior's spine with "don't go all wobbly on me, George" prior to the Gulf war) is quoted (second hand) about the wisdom of the Iraq war in this WaPost OpEd by Tina Brown: "The former chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, Lord Palumbo, who lunched with Mrs. T six months ago, told me recently what she said when he asked her if, given the intelligence at the time, she would have made the decision to invade Iraq. 'I was a scientist before I was a politician, Peter,' she told him carefully. 'And as a scientist I know you need facts, evidence and proof -- and then you check, recheck and check again. The fact was that there were no facts, there was no evidence, and there was no proof. As a politician the most serious decision you can take is to commit your armed services to war from which they may not return.'"