Then-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair took Britain to war against Iraq in 2003 on the basis of flawed intelligence and failure to share many personal notes he sent to then-US President George W Bush with his ministers, according to a report on Britain's role in the Iraq War published last Wednesday.
上周三发布的一份关于英国在伊拉克战争中扮演的角色的报告显示，该国时任首相布莱尔基于错误的情报，在未向其大臣透露他与时任美国总统小布什私下沟通的诸多信息的情况下，将英国卷入了2003年的对伊战争中。The seven volume report, 2.6 million words long, was ordered by Blair's successor as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown in 2009.
这一总共七卷、多达260万字的报告，是由布莱尔的继任者戈登·布朗首相于2009年下令安排的。The inquiry, which was seven years in the making, concluded that Britain joined the US-led invasion "before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted." "Military action at that time was not a last resort," it said.
这项历时7年的调查总结称，英国“在和平解除武装的所有尝试都失败前”就加入到了这场由美国主导的入侵行动中，“军事行动在当时并非最后的手段”。
Blair's decision to invade Iraq was influenced by his interest in protecting the UK's relationship with the US, the report said.
该报告称，布莱尔入侵伊拉克的决定是受到他志在保护英美关系的影响。Blair reacted to the report by saying his decision was "taken in good faith and in what I believed to be the best interests of the country." The former prime minister also said he would take full responsibility for any mistakes.
布莱尔对报告做出回应称，他是出于"善意和他认为符合该国最大利益的考虑"做出的决策。他还称，自己愿为任何错误承担全部责任。Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons, "Clearly, we need to learn the lessons of this report."
现任首相戴维·卡梅伦向国会下议院表示：“很明显，我们需要从这份报告中吸取教训。”Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who in the past has called for Blair to stand trial for war crimes, said the invasion had been on "false pretexts, and has long been regarded as illegal. The war fuelled and spread terrorism in the region."
在过去曾呼吁布莱尔应该为战争的罪行受审的反对党领袖杰里米·科尔宾表示，该入侵是借一个错误的借口，一直也来也被认为是非法的借口而进行的。那次战争助长并蔓延了该地区的恐怖主义。”An estimated 150,000 Iraqis, mainly civilians, were killed in the invasion and its aftermath, and over one million made homeless.
据统计，大约有15万伊拉克人，其中大多数是平民，在战争及以后事件中被杀害，并且有超过100万人无家可归。