Gordon Brown Expresses Regret Over Iraq War

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Gordon Brown Expresses Regret Over Iraq War

March 5. 2010

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Today, British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, took an opposing position to former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, during the ongoing Iraq War inquiry held in London, England.

Brown showed some contrition and apologized to the families of British soldiers and Iraqi civilians for the loss of life during the war, rather than proudly proclaiming the illegal conflict as wholly appropriate, as Blair did several weeks ago before the committee.

However, he did defend the war as the right decision, which in the Judiciary Report's opinion, it was not. Key facts were withheld from the public, by the Bush Administration, which would have revealed the war to be illegitimate and illegal.

Brown's regrets will mildly help to break the domestic and international ice, concerning public reaction to the war the British people overwhelmingly did not want.

Brown blames U.S. for Iraq chaos

Posted 06:41 PM ET - British PM Gordon Brown insisted Fri. that the decision to invade Iraq was justified, but told a major inquiry into the war that the U.S. dismissed warnings of chaos and violence once Saddam Hussein was toppled. In giving 4 hours of evidence to Britain's inquiry on Iraq, a somber Brown, who was Treasury chief from '97 to '07, expressed regret over the lost lives, and acknowledged mistakes were made by leaders in Washington and London.

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