Triumph of Insanity and Madness : Liberal Press enthusiastic Pro Iraq War in 2003, but many in the Intelligence Community ( CIA Central Intelligence and Military Intelligence ), many other Military, Historians and Academics knew the war was stupid

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John B. Judis tells us about Six Months of Deception before the Iraq War started in March 2003 :

The tremendous power that an administration, bent on deception, can have over public opinion, especially when it comes to foreign policy. And when the dissenters in the CIA, military, and State Department are silenced, the public, not to mention, journalists, has little recourse in deciding whether to support what the administration wants to do.

The New Republic
The Eve of Destruction What it was like to oppose the Iraq War in 2003
BY JOHN B. JUDIS
March 18, 2013

The Eve of Destruction What it was like to oppose the Iraq War in 2003

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