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  • WMDs Camouflage Real Reasons Behind Iraq Invasion

    11/26/2004 9:29:52 AM PST · by quidnunc · 84 replies · 3,808+ views
    The Australian ^ | November 26, 2004 | Frank Devine
    Why are we in Iraq? It is not, as some ranters claim, because George Bush is stupid and bloodthirsty and John Howard a spineless crawler. Nor is it because the US has regressed to Wilsonian imperialism. For those seriously interested in the question I recommend a seriously interesting new book, America's Secret War by George Friedman. Friedman is founder of Stratfor, a private, subscription-financed global intelligence service, which I find consistently well-informed. Friedman writes of the struggle in Iraq in relentlessly Realpolitik terms. -snip- From this fortress headquarters, Friedman writes, al-Qa'ida ("the Base" in English) pressed its grand design for...