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Things to Consider: Iraq War at 20
Everyone (and their dog) is writing/commenting about the Iraq war 20 years later. I doubt more accuracy is achieved in these tales after 20 years. Everyone seems to think they were central to events. Some of them were.[1] My perspective was also partial, … Continue reading
Posted in Allies, Chemical Weapons, Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, Sunni, Syria CW, United Nations, WMD
Tagged Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, Iraq Survey Group, Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, United Nations, WMD
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At times like this, What would Saddam do?
Among the various rationales expressed for a military strike on Syria is that need to make Bashir al-Assad pay a price for using CW. But what does Bashir value? We learned from debriefing Saddam that his value structure was much … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Syria CW, United Nations, WMD
Tagged CW, Lavrov, Russia, Syria, United Nations
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Obama’s Speech to the UNGA: Two very different Versions
On September 17, will President Obama be explaining to the UN General Assembly why the US acted alone to respond to Syrian atrocities when the UN would not, or will he be chastising the UN for a lack of action, … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Iraq, Syria CW, United Nations, WMD
Tagged Intelligence, President Obama and Syria, Syria WMD, UN General Assembly, United Nations
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