Though more a war of choice than Afghanistan, a moral case was seldom made for it (the security threat posed by Saddam Hussein was the professed casus belli).

• 虽然与阿富汗战争相比，伊拉克战争更多是英国政府自己的选择，但为其作道德辩护的声明却很少（由SaddamHussein提出的安全威胁是这场战争所谓的开战原因）。