It is reported that during the planning by President Bush and Prime Minister Blair in the run up to the invasion of Iraq, the president was certain that war was inevitable.
During a private meeting in the Oval Office on January 31 2003, he made it clear to Prime Minister Blair that he was determined to invade Iraq without the second UN resolution, or even if international arms inspectors failed to find unconventional weapons.
The two leaders thought that a quick victory was likely, and that the transition to a new Iraqi government would be complicated, but manageable.
Bush predicted that it was "unlikely there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups."
Blair agreed with Bush's view.
In retrospect their assessment of the situation seems flawed.
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