The Life of a Spy: An education in truth, lies and power
Black Inc., $32.99 pb, 304 pp
The good lie
When did the rationale for the Iraq War – which began in 2003 and still rumbles today – go from being a mistake, to a self-deception, to an outright lie? When did it dawn on the Bush Jr administration and its key allies in London and Canberra that the ostensible reason for the invasion of Iraq had disappeared, probably literally, under the sands of Mesopotamia? By the time of the invasion, Saddam Hussein’s regime possessed no weapons of mass destruction that could threaten another country. The Iraqi dictator may have desired such weapons, but a combination of international sanctions and the mere fear of retribution thwarted his plans.
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The Life of a Spy: An education in truth, lies and power
by Rod Barton
Black Inc., $32.99 pb, 304 pp
Comments (2)
What about the chemical weapons that the West supplied and that Sadam used against Kurds in northern Iraq?