Sir John Chilcot’s report on Britain’s war in Iraq reveals a style of decision-making in London that has more in common with authoritarian Asian regimes, including Indira Gandhi’s Emergency years, than what is expected from the Mother of Democracies.
Chilcot’s comments about Britain’s military participation to topple Saddam Hussein is also a searing indictment of a widely criticised conflict that continues to affect the wider international community. Many experts fervently believe that this 2003 war, and the circumstances leading up to it, paved the way for the rise of extremist groups like Al Qa’eda and ISIS — offshoots of the Taliban — that operate in Asia, including South Asia, and other parts of the world.
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