First, that the threat from Iraq overstated; that it is no worse than from other rogue regimes. What is the threat to Europe and the United States?

Second: by backing diplomatic efforts with the credible threat of force are we somehow undermining international law?

Third: if the decade-long policy of containment against Iraq is working, why do we threaten disarmament by force?

Fourth: won’t military action have a disproportionate effect on Iraq and the wider region?

Fifth, isn’t our real motivation to secure control of some of the world’s largest oil reserves?

And sixth: in calling for the enforcement of UN resolutions against Iraq, aren’t we guilty of double standards in relation to the Israel/Palestine conflict?

From Jack Straw address to IISS "common arguments from anxious public" which he then goes on to address..