Reply #6: No, the British govt has admitted that the USA forced it into the war

[muriel_volestrangler]

because the UK no longer has control over its own armed forces.

The heart of the argument in March 2003 was whether we could allow Dr. Blix and his colleagues more time to complete their inspections. The problem was that, although we wanted to allow Dr. Blix more time, there was not an effective international consensus for doing so.

Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary, House of Commons 12th Oct 2004

I don't know how Britain will be allowed to decide where its armed forces go, while Blair is in power. Hopefully our next Prime Minister will have some concept of sovereignty.