General Sir Richard Shirreff

“Have we learnt from it? No, I think we're bad at learning⦠It was so obvious as a Commander that we were heading for strategic failure”

General Sir Richard Shirreff · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11

General Sir Richard Shirreff continued his critique of the Iraq war, stating that lessons have not been learnt.

“The [2003] Iraq war was based on deeply flawed intelligence,”

General Sir Richard Shirreff · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11

General Sir Richard Shirreff, who served in Iraq as a divisional commander, made this assessment of the 2003 Iraq war.