03 July 2008
Why We Were Led Into War in Iraq
Douglas Feith gave five factors of influence on President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in his OpEd article, “Why We Went to War in Iraq,” that appeared in the July 3, 2008, Wall Street Journal. The best that can be said for those factors is that they are a good rationalization of Bush’s mistake. Indeed, the President may have felt he had no choice but to commit life and treasure to overthrowing Saddam Hussein; but that sheds no light on the issue.
What President Bush did choose to do was to convince Congress and the American public that they had no choice either. His poor judgment brought us into a mess there. Preventing zealous salesmanship of such a mistaken decision is the real issue.
Douglas Feith gave five factors of influence on President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in his OpEd article, “Why We Went to War in Iraq,” that appeared in the July 3, 2008, Wall Street Journal. The best that can be said for those factors is that they are a good rationalization of Bush’s mistake. Indeed, the President may have felt he had no choice but to commit life and treasure to overthrowing Saddam Hussein; but that sheds no light on the issue.
What President Bush did choose to do was to convince Congress and the American public that they had no choice either. His poor judgment brought us into a mess there. Preventing zealous salesmanship of such a mistaken decision is the real issue.
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