As Mighty Girl points out, we went into Iraq because of WMD’s (which could strike UK bases in 45 minutes).
‘Regime change’ would have been illegal. :rolleyes:
There were no WMDs. :eek:
Therfore there is one clear parallel with Vietnam - the Gulf of Tonkin:
‘The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was an alleged pair of attacks – the second of which did not occur – by North Vietnamese gunboats on two American destroyers…’