>Our current (female) PM said something similar about a more recent war. Actually she also observed that it wouldn't have happened had Gore been President, a "slightly" undiplomatic remark for which she later had to apologize.

We all know heads of state are supposed to be diplomatic but in a sense there is no reason she should have had to apologize for that. Gore didn't have the Bush administration's burning desire to invade Iraq. He might have done it but not without evidence of WMD.