Recent developments in Northern Iraq have been very sobering. For the record, I did not vote for Labour in 1997 and I most certainly did not support the decision of Tony Blair to invade Iraq. Still, in the words of modern jargon, "we are where we are". We can't turn back the clock and we must now reap the consequences of that appalling decision. People being upset I can understand. I'd be pretty upset if a foreign country invaded my country, killed innocent civilians, called the shots for a while and then just left when it suited them. When I heard reports of militant forces issuing ultimatums to captured civilians like "convert to Islam or die", I wondered how far any of us have come since the Middle Ages? Occasionally, I have written about my faith in the context of how it guides me in my everyday life. It is not a subject which I feel very comfortable writing about. Not because I don't profess a faith but because my faith is something very personal