Chilcot Scathing Verdict on Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's justification, planning and handling of the Iraq War
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's justification, planning and handling of the Iraq War involved a catalogue of failures, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday in a scathing verdict on Britain's role in the conflict. Sir John Chilcot's public statement, Iraq War inquiry Eight months before the 2003 invasion, Blair told U.S. President George W. Bush "I will be with you, whatever", eventually sending 45,000 British troops into battle when peace options had not been exhausted, the long-awaited British public inquiry said. John Prescott [above0 deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was "illegal" John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was "illegal". Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said he would live with the "catastrophic decision" for the re...