The Iraq War - 20 Years Ago This Sunday.

[Duque de Bragança]

Definitely the right decision by Schröder and Fischer not to participate back then.

Consensual in France as well, for Villepin and Chirac. The finest hour for the latter as a president, also probably since he did not do much in two mandates, with a self-inflicted cohabitation during 5 years.

Total was making a killing by trading with Saddam.  No way Chirac was going to endanger that.

Simplistic, as if it were the only reason.
Not even Bernard-Henry Lévy was for that war, for once.

[Sheilbh]

People were warning at the time about the stupidity of formally dissolving the Iraqi army instead of co-opting elements of it to help keep control in the immediate aftermath of war.

And de-Ba'athification in general, and the sectarian/communal risks. All ignored. All overridden. All right.