Iraq War Was Illegal, Ex-Deputy PM Prescott Says (Didn't everyone know that?)
Heck the former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, said the Iraq war was illegal and violated the UN charter a long time ago....
IRAQ WAR WAS ILLEGAL, EX-DEPUTY PM PRESCOTT SAYS
BY REUTERS ON 7/10/16 AT 11:31 AM
Britain broke international law when it invaded Iraq in 2003, its deputy prime minister at the time, John Prescott, said on Sunday in the wake of a critical report on the decision to go to war.
A seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's justification, planning and handling of the Iraq War involved a catalog of failures, but did not rule whether the war was legal.
Eight months before the 2003 invasion, Blair told former 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....
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