Oh, Tony Blair was on the bandwagon:
"The policy of containment is not working. The WMD programme is not shut down. It is up and running." Jan 14, 2003.
Questioned during that speech...
Quote:
"Mr Blair was questioned consistently about regime change and he kept on answering, 'no, our focus is on disarmament.'
(Blair) said regime change would be nice but that was not a specific objective of the policy as far as he is concerned. And that creates a difference between him and (U.S. President) George Bush."
- from CNN
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Blair knows full well the importance of legality as he is a firm supporter of the UN and likes to play by the rules. That is why he had to follow the WMD line. Unfortunately he may have been so keen to convince himself that there was a WMD threat (45 minutes to hit Britain - from the same speech) that he put pressure on the intelligence services to give him the answer he wanted/needed to hear.