The British cabinet was told in July 2002 that they were supporting Bush's invasion of Iraq. Since the regime change was illegal, they were going to have to find justification.
The Sunday London Times explains that the decision to go to war in Iraq had been made in both Washington and in London three months before July 2002.
"The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, said Tony Blair had already agreed to back military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a summit at the Texas ranch of President George W Bush three months earlier.
"The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was “necessary to create the conditions” which would make it legal."
Bet this doesn't get to the American Press for a while.
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