 Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis's declaration on 21 March 2003 mirrored the official Greek position regarding the invasion, as he declares 

Despite opposing the war, Greece did agree with the United States policy of disarming Iraq and destructing any WMD, that Iraq supposedly possessed.However, Greece did not agree with Bush's strategy of pre-emptive war as a means of fighting terrorism.By contrast it was in favor of settling the dispute over Iraq by diplomatic means and not by force.