BRITAIN-IRAQ-WAR-POLITICS

Members of the media inspect the volumes that comprise Iraq Inquiry report, during its presentation by Report Chairman Sir John Chilcot, at the QEII Centre in London on July 6, 2016. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair rode a wave of "Cool Britannia" optimism in his first heady years in office but is now reviled by many Britons who accuse him of leading the country into an unnecessary war in Iraq that shattered his legacy. Published 13 years after the 2003 US-led invasion, Wednesday's Iraq War Inquiry report pointed the finger squarely at the former prime minister for catastrophic planning failures. / AFP / POOL / Jeff J Mitchell (Photo credit should read JEFF J MITCHELL/AFP via Getty Images)