The U.K. military role in Iraq ended a very long way from success. John Chilcot More Quotes by John Chilcot More Quotes From John Chilcot My colleagues and I estimate that we will be able to complete the text of our report in the week commencing 18 April 2016. At that point, national security checking of its contents ... can begin. John Chilcot world Until we have received and evaluated responses from all those who have been given the opportunity to respond, I cannot give an accurate estimate for how long it will then take to complete our work, but it is still clear that will take some further months, i therefore see no realistic prospect of delivering our report to you before the General Election in May 2015. John Chilcot world 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. John Chilcot ownwhosecuritypeople 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. John Chilcot risksactivityhindsightactive 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. John Chilcot supportstrongtimerelationship 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. John Chilcot possiblejudgecriticismwork 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. John Chilcot slowbeendefencefound 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. John Chilcot peacefulmilitaryactiontime The people of Iraq have suffered greatly. John Chilcot greatlysufferediraqpeople The scale of the U.K. effort in post-conflict Iraq never matched the scale of the challenge. John Chilcot scalechallengenevereffort 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. John Chilcot aboutdestructioncertaintyweapons Despite explicit warnings, the consequences of the invasion were underestimated. John Chilcot consequenceswereinvasionexplicit Planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate. John Chilcot afterwereplanningiraq Blair overestimated his ability to influence U.S. decisions on Iraq. John Chilcot hisdecisionsabilityinfluence In practice, the U.K.'s most consistent strategic objective in relation to Iraq was to reduce the level of its deployed forces. John Chilcot levelmostconsistentpractice
