Brown defends invasion of Iraq

Much to the bewilderment of England’s bereaved families, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says that the Downing Street made the right decision for the country to invade Iraq and that he funded the war properly.

“I believe this is the gravest decision of all, to make a decision to go to war. I believe we made the right decision for the right reasons,” Gordon Brown told an official inquiry into the 2003 invasion, Reuters reported.

Specifying the alleged reasons, which rationalized the invasion, Brown said former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had failed to comply with the United Nations resolutions.

“My feeling was and still is that we cannot have an international community that works if we have either terrorists who are breaking these rules or…aggressor states that refuse to obey the laws of the international community,” Brown said.

Britain has lost 179 military personnel in the Iraq war, some survivors blaming Brown for poor judgment and poor budgeting resulting in unnecessary mortalities.

“There was no time…when the Treasury said this is a better military option because it’s cheaper or less costly,” said the then finance minister, Brown, responding to the critique of the manner he financed the hostilities.

Brown’s predecessor Tony Blair is accused of justifying the war by claiming that the Iraqi dictator had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that was deployable within 45 minutes.

The invaders drew a blank in finding any trace of the WMD, but the war went on to kill more than a million Iraqi civilians.