Thursday, July 03, 2008

Douglas Feith: Why We Went to War in Iraq

From the former under secretary of defense for policy in the Wall Street Journal:

...1) Saddam was a threat to U.S. interests before 9/11...

...2) The threat of renewed aggression by Saddam was more troubling and urgent after 9/11...

...3) To contain the threat from Saddam, all reasonable means short of war had been tried unsuccessfully for a dozen years...

...4) While there were large risks involved in a war, the risks of leaving Saddam in power were even larger...

...5) America after 9/11 had a lower tolerance for such dangers...
Related: Inconvenient Truths...aka Selective Amnesia

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