What have we learnt? Having lost all those

mothers and fathers – innocent bystanders –

to someone else’s misconceptions,

the news is still bleak. What have we really learnt?

Saddam had something, somewhere, maybe;

flames spread easily inside a tinder box;

David Kelly liked to go for walks;

the prayers of millions often go unanswered

but, of course, God bless America;

everyone is now a qualified chemist.

Conclusion: jet fuel can’t melt steel beams.

45-minute document airily

proves the dangers of information –

loose accuracy readily changes minds.