Iraq invasion caused rise of ISIS, admits former UK foreign secretary

‘Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has admitted the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a hand in destabilizing the country and laid the groundwork for sectarian violence and the rise of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
“I have a very heavy sense of responsibility because I was one of the senior ministers who made or recommended that decision [to invade Iraq] to the House of Commons,” he said in an interview with Sky News.
Straw, who had also served as home secretary in the late 1990s, stressed he had made the recommendation to go to war in good faith, believing there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.’
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