My reading of the inquiry report is that it does indeed identify that regime change as an objective would be illegal in UK law, but I think the suggestion is that, through a process of group-think, the people who were involved in this process came to see regime change as a means to deliver the legitimate objective, which was compliance with the UN Security Council resolutions. A fair reading of the report suggests that that is the process of mind that is being spelled out by Sir John.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 13 July 2016.
It occurred during Debate on Report of the Iraq Inquiry.
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