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LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted Friday the decision to invade Iraq was justified, but he told a major inquiry into the war that the United States dismissed warnings of chaos and violence once Saddam Hussein was toppled.
In four hours of evidence to Britain’s inquiry on Iraq, a somber Brown repeatedly expressed regret over the lost lives of soldiers and civilians, and acknowledged mistakes were made by leaders in Washington and London.
Brown, who served as Treasury chief from 1997 to 2007 and approved military spending, dismissed claims he had choked Britain’s defense budgets or allowed soldiers to go to war without adequate equipment.
