The Lib Dems were the only party to oppose British involvement in Iraq, and are the only party recognising the important shift required in foreign policy over the next few years if we are to be a force for good in the world, instead of an Airstrip One, as we have become under the red-blue blue-red consensus.
Nick Clegg underlined this policy in a speech at Chatham house today saying that the decision before us is as important as the economy, or the reform of our political system.
He went on:"Of course our relationship with the US is of immense importance, but that should not mean that Britain unquestionably does what America wants... On Iraq, on Russia, on the Middle East, on the interrogation of torture suspects and many other issues our strategic interests have differed."
It seems clear to me that when compared to Labours sinister gagging of criticism over Torture and the Tories isolated amateurism in Europe, a vote for the Lib Dems in 2010 is an independent and intelligent choice on Foreign Policy.