“The early 2000s was a strange era of fear and terror – and the relentless drive towards conflict in Iraq was very much a part of that”

Accompanies the documentary Shock and War: Iraq 20 Years On

Do you think we're now far enough removed to be able to view the Iraq War as a historical event?

It's a good question, because there's an ongoing debate about when you can start looking at an event with a historical eye: is it five years afterwards, 10 years, 20 years? When does it stop being news or current affairs? The impacts of the 2003 Iraq War are still rippling out to this day, and some of its legacies – including the way Iraq is run – are still unresolved. So it would be wrong to say that