I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.
I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.'
Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.
But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.