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" Blair overestimated his ability to influence U.S. decisions on Iraq. "
Influence
His
Iraq
" Despite explicit warnings, the consequences of the invasion were underestimated. "
Invasion
Underestimated
Consequences
" In practice, the U.K.'s most consistent strategic objective in relation to Iraq was to reduce the level of its deployed forces. "
Practice
Consistent
Iraq
" Planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate. "
Inadequate
Saddam Hussein
Planning
" Saddam Hussein was undoubtedly a brutal dictator who had attacked Iraq's neighbours, repressed and killed many of his own people, and was in violation of obligations imposed by the U.N. Security Council. "
Dictator
People
Security
" The judgements about the severity of the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of a mass destruction - WMD - were presented with a certainty that was not justified. "
Weapons
Destruction
Certainty
" The people of Iraq have suffered greatly. "
Suffered
People
Greatly
" The scale of the U.K. effort in post-conflict Iraq never matched the scale of the challenge. "
Never
Scale
Effort
" The U.K. military role in Iraq ended a very long way from success. "
Way
Long
Long Way
" The U.K.'s relationship with the U.S. has proved strong enough over time to bear the weight of honest disagreement. It does not require unconditional support where our interests or judgements differ. "
Strong
Relationship
Time
" We are not a court - not a judge or jury at work - but we've tried to apply the highest possible standards of rigorous analysis to the evidence where we make a criticism. "
Evidence
Judge
Jury
" We do not agree that hindsight is required. The risks of internal strife in Iraq, active Iranian pursuit of its interests, regional instability, and al-Qaeda activity in Iraq, were each explicitly identified before the invasion. "
Activity
Active
Agree
" We have concluded that the U.K. 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. "
Action
Time
Peaceful
" We have found that the Ministry of Defence was slow in responding to the threat of improvised explosive devices and that delays in providing adequate medium-weight protected patrol vehicles should not have been tolerated. "
Threat
Defence
Delays
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