Contrary to Tony Blair's claims, Chilcot found that the Special Relationship did not require unquestioning agreement between the UK and the US, and the report identified several previous occasions where one country had gone to war without the other without long-term damage to diplomatic relations, including the Vietnam War and Falklands War.
Berbeda dengan yang Tony Blair katakan, Chilcot menemukan bahwa Hubungan Istimewa tidak memerlukan perjanjian tak terbantahkan antara Britania Raya dan AS, dan laporan mencontohkan beberapa kejadian ketika kedua negara tersebut bertentangan tanpa merusak hubungan diplomatik jangka panjang seperti Perang Vietnam dan Perang Falkland.