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 Read Quote
The scale of the U.K. effort in post-conflict Iraq never matched the scale of the challenge. John Chilcot Read Quote
Planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate. John Chilcot Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
