No far from it. I believe there should be a credible investigation into it in the UK (and US) and those found to have lied and abused their power should be put on trial for treason. It aint gonna happen though.
No, it isn't going to happen. Previous Iraq inquiries have whitewashed Blair, blamed the press and caused a suicide. How far the current Iraq Inquiry will go I do not know. Earlier on in the war when Kennedy was demanding inquiries it seemed to come to we should be having a long inquiry into Britain's history and actions with Iraq in general.
Earlier on the strong feeling was that this situation must be looked at closely and some kind of apparatus put in place to make sure that a Prime Minister could not take us into war by deceiving Parliament, never mind the public in the future.
Problem is the longer it takes, the less strong are people's emotions about it.
Criminal proceedings will not happen, you are right. The very best we can hope for imo is that the situation as it was is recognised.
With regard to the torture, I remember hearing Milliband at the w/e saying of course no British were involved in complicity to torture and being a bit surprised. Then Infinite said an inquiry was going on into this and he did not have great hopes for it. I wrongly thought this was it but it appears to be one pursued by some held at Guantanimo.
For us to be involved in torture disgusts me. I remember Condalesa Rice saying on our tv's something like well times have changed so we have to act differently when being questioned around these subjects. How anyone in anyway involved in anything of this kind could ever imagine they have any kind of morals never mind a high ground on them is beyond me.
We really do need to have something categorically there that absolutely no, not under any conditions do we agree or allow torture.
My point is that if the Conservatives use these "classified" documents and reports to take pot shots at the previous government, then they are not only stupid but not exactly looking at their own past. Plus for a long while the Conservatives backed the Labour government when it came to these issues.
I have a feeling from David Cameron's quote of secrets needing to be kept secret that they probably are quite safe, possibly for the reasons you say. However the Lib/Dems have been very vociferous over wanting the truth about all these things. Their popularity is probably at an all time low. If they could do something there it might help them.