These nature of the findings of these reports do, however, raise the question of what the real purpose of the reports were.  The stated purpose of the reports was simply to determine the truth about the origins of one war and the conduct of another, but it is hard to take this entirely at face value.  It is difficult not to come to the conclusion that a major purpose of the both reports was to provide a rationale for both institutions to pursue policies to which they had largely already committed.  This is more true of the EU report because the UN doesn’t usually pursue policies in that sense.