How the neoconservatives lied us into war with Iraq 20 years ago, a thread of the very best articles on it:
First: Our Hijacked Foreign Policy – Neocons take Washington, Baghdad is next by Justin Raimondo #Raimondo20yearsago antiwar.com/justin/j032502…
“The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt original.antiwar.com/john-j-mearshe…
“The Men from JINSA and CSP” by Jason Vest thenation.com/article/archiv…
“The Lie Factory” by Jason Vest and Robert Dreyfuss motherjones.com/politics/2004/…
“Agents of Influence” by Robert Dreyfuss thenation.com/article/archiv…
“The Spies Who Pushed for War” by Julian Borger theguardian.com/world/2003/jul…
“The Man Who Sold the War” by James Bamford universityofleeds.github.io/philtaylorpape…
“Serving Two Flags,” by Stephen Green wrmea.org/004-may/servin…
“Selective Intelligence” by Seymour Hersh newyorker.com/magazine/2003/…
“The Stovepipe” by Seymour Hersh newyorker.com/magazine/2003/…
“In Rumsfeld’s Shop” by Karen Kwiatkowski theamericanconservative.com/in-rumsfelds-s…
“Conscientious Objector” by Karen Kwiatkowski theamericanconservative.com/conscientious-…
“Open Door Policy” by Karen Kwiatkowski theamericanconservative.com/open-door-poli…
“The New Pentagon Papers” by Karen Kwiatkowski salon.com/2004/03/10/osp…
“Soldier for the Truth” by Marc Cooper laweekly.com/soldier-for-th…
“Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network” by Jim Lobe antiwar.com/ips/lobe080703…
“How Ahmed Chalabi Conned the Neocons” by John Dizard salon.com/2004/05/04/cha…
“Special Pentagon Unit Skirted CIA on Iraq” by Greg Miller latimes.com/archives/la-xp…
"Abusive tactics used to seek Iraq-al Qaida link" by Jonathan Landay mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
“Lockheed Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” by Richard Cummings corpwatch.org/article/us-loc…
“How Neoconservatives Conquered Washington and Launched a War” by Michael Lind antiwar.com/orig/lind1.html
“Practice to Deceive” by Joshua Marshall (I know, this guy is scum. But there's stuff in there.) washingtonmonthly.com/2003/04/01/pra…
DoD IG Report on Douglas Feith's Office of Special Plans irp.fas.org/agency/dod/ig0…
See how much you support Israel now.
Here's one more great one by Dreyfuss I had either forgotten or never read. Fall 2002: prospect.org/features/penta…
Now that I think about it, I should add this section of my book to the thread: Iraq War II, Part 2: A Clean Break scotthortonshow.substack.com/p/iraq-war-ii-…
and Iraq War II, Part 3, Lying Us Into War scotthortonshow.substack.com/p/iraq-war-ii-…
And how could I have forgotten!
The State Department's Extreme Makeover by Anonymous salon.com/2004/10/04/fog…
Behind Diplomacy, Military Plan Set in Motion by William Hamilton washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…
Israel, Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War: Undue Influence, Deceptions, and the Neocon Energy Agenda by Gary Vogler, published by the Institute amazon.com/Israel-Winner-…
More Missing Intelligence by Robert Dreyfuss thenation.com/article/archiv…
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