John Maternity, who was Attorney-Blaz Director of Political Operations at the end of his time 2005-2000. Do you think that in the aftermath of Iraq he learned the lessons and applied them when he came to the second war in Afghanistan? No. The decision to get involved in Afghanistan in 2006 was one of the least satisfactory decisions that the British system has made. And it was a huge operation of a huge potential taken on the basis of pretty poor intelligence and not very good understanding. John Materner, thank you very much indeed. Thank you to all your witnesses.

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