A lot of people accepted that the war was necessary because the Prime Minister of the UK said that it was necessary.
They were being misled by Blair, Brown and New Labour but that dues not mean that they were wrong to put the safety of the citizens of the UK as their first priority!
I have a problem with the Lib Dems voting against a war which we were told was necessary for the security and safety of the people of the UK.
If Blair was telling the truth about the need for war then the Lib Dems were not putting the security of the UK as their first priority!
The fact that Blair, Brown and New Labour were misleading us about the importance of war to defend our country, does not detract from the fact that the Liberal Democrats chose not to take steps to protect the UK from being targeted by Iraq.