Admittedly, we have so many more important things on our minds, but the Brits -- backward-looking sort, don't you think? -- have just opened an official inquiry into how that country got into the Iraq War.
Here, of course, where the word "history" is a synonym for "toast", the idea is laughable. But, in case you don't care where Sarah Palin signed books today, here's the Guardian's summary of the first day of testimony. (h/t: Greg Mitchell)
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