"We won't do ourselves any good if we get into the situation we got into in the '70s. It's burnt on my brain".

The article presents an interview with Jack Straw, a British member of parliament and secretary of state for justice in the Labour Party government of prime minister Gordon Brown. In the piece Straw discusses a number of subjects including the importance of avoiding disputes with organized labor, the possibility of military action aimed at Iran and the attitude of former prime minister Tony Blair toward the Iraq War.