Sent_en: 2ms Wood advised Straw, then Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, that invading Iraq without the backing of the United Nations Security Council in the form of a specific mandate—which the resolution the government used to support the war lacked—would "amount to the crime of aggression", to which Straw responded that he was being "dogmatic and international law was pretty vague".
Sent_yy: Wood nasihatkan Straw, Setiausaha Negara bagi Luar Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Komanwel pada masa itu, bahawa menyerang Iraq tanpa sokongan Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa dalam bentuk mandat tertentu-kekurangan resolusi perang yang pernah disokong kerajaan-akan "setimpal dengan jenayah pencerobohan," yang Straw menjawab bahawa dia berpendapat "undang-undang dogmatik dan antarabangsa adalah agak kabur."