As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “471. Lord Goldsmith concluded on 13 March that, on balance, the ‘better view’ was that the conditions for the operation of the revival argument were met in this case, meaning that there was a lawful basis for the use of force without a further resolution beyond resolution 1441.”
– Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, March 13, 2003