The exercise of power can be shocking and corrupting at times, but without power those battles also cannot be fought that must be fought. The reality that confronts policymakers is to wage those essential battles with humility and grace, recognising fully that they don’t have a monopoly on virtue. It is this reality that faces the US in the aftermath of the Iraq fiasco. History has a brutal way of making arrogance recognise its importance. Treading lightly is often the best alternative, something Tim Collins remembered but Bush and his team did not.
The writer teaches at King’s College, London
harsh.pant@kcl.ac.uk
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