THE CHILCOT INQUIRY - THE IRAQ WAR

The Chilcot Inquiry -  The Iraq War

So, Sir John Chilcot has announced that he hopes their Report into the Iraq War will be published maybe in July 2016.
It started in 2009 and it will have taken 7 years to complete the Report of millions of pages. The cost ? £ Multi Millions.
It looks like we will finally get the conclusions which most ordinary citizens already know !
There has been much debate in the Media and within Parliament in the UK and within Congress in the USA.

Let's see if The Chilcot Report says anything different to what we already know -

President George Bush of the USA and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the UK thought that President Saddam Hussain of Iraq was a threat to  its neighbours and the sources of Oil for the West. They knew he had used chemical weapons to kill 5,000 of his own villagers.
They received bad intelligence from opposition members in Iraq and misinterpreted their own intelligence feedback. They decided to go to war with Iraq - but it was sanctioned by their Parliament and Congress and the UN.

Conclusion One

President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair are not to blame for the Iraq War because they acted in good faith on the Intellegence Reports from their Support Staff and Satellite photos.

Conclusion  Two

President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, The Military High Commands of all the Coalition Nations are guilty of a lack of understanding of the Political and Social complications of the Religous Rivalry within the Iraq Society and they were lacking in a post War Strategy.

They also failed to recognise that Saddam Hussain was the lesser of evils in the Middle East. He kept a balance with Iran, he stopped Terrorist Groups from growing in Iraq, he kept peace within Iraq. He was a ruthless leader but nevertheless, his rule might have been better that the chaotic aftermath of the Iraq War.

Conclusion Three

All parties - Leaders in the USA, UK, UN, Congress, UK Parliament were duped by the intelligence services. This was more a case of bad management in the Intelligence Services and not a deliberate series of misleading information.
It was a case of bad Judgement.
In Conflicts and Wars there is always a danger of bad judgements.
War is an imperfect state of Mankind. Positive Outcomes are often
laced with Negative Outcomes.

Conclusion Four

It was wrong to not accept the Reports of the Inspection Teams that they found no chemical weapons.
They were given free access by the Iraq Government to many sites and they found no evidence of chemical weapons.

Conclusion Five

In future, it is imperative that Leaders and their Political Institutions receive much better Intelligence.
Lessons should be learnt from the Iraq War.

The Iraq War was not illegal. It was sanctioned by the UN, the USA Congress, the Parliaments of Coalition Nations.

Conclusion Six

No person in the Political Rulers class is guilty of War Crimes.

Bad Judgement is part of the fabric of Warfare. It is a risk that Democracies have to take. The history of the World has seen many poor Generals and Politicians. Fortunately, the good Leaders over time have outnumbered the failures !

Conclusion Seven

The cost of the Eurekys Report is.... £ 0 taking 1 hour.
The cost of the Chilcot Report is.....  £ Millions taking 7 years.

Let us await and see what Conclusions The Chilcot Inquiry comes up with and what it will add to our knowledge and understanding of the reasons for going to war with Iraq which was opposed by millions of citizens. I wonder.........