Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - CHILCOT REPORT: Key Points from the Iraq Inquiry

You may come to these conclusions many years after the war; guided by hind sight!
It may not be totally correct to hold that a dead man did not pose danger while he was alive. Some of these civilized approaches to issues need to be considered properly in the light of current happenings in the world.

On 7 Jul 2016 8:36 am, Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:

The Guardian (UK)

Chilcot report: key points from the Iraq inquiry

The inquiry's main points regarding Tony Blair's decision to go to war, how he put his case and the postwar occupation

The Chilcot inquiry has delivered a damning verdict on the decision by former prime minister Tony Blair to commit British troops to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. It says:

The UK chose to join the invasion before peaceful options had been exhausted

Chilcot is withering about Blair's choice to join the US invasion. He says: "We have concluded that the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort."

Blair deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein

Chilcot finds that Blair deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by the Iraqi regime as he sought to make the case for military action to MPs and the public in the buildup to the invasion in 2002 and 2003. The then prime minister disregarded warnings about the potential consequences of military action, and relied too heavily on his own beliefs, rather than the more nuanced judgments of the intelligence services. "The judgments about Iraq's capabilities ... were presented with a certainty that was not justified," the report says.

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