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z2004-06-30- Bamford Pretext For War
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Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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Aug 10, 2008 8:21 pm |
James Bamford, author of The [Puzzle Palace] and [Body Of Secrets], both about the NSA, has now written A [Pretext For War] (ISBN:0-385-50672-4 ) about the War On Iraq. TimeMag says it is probably the best one-volume companion to the harrowing events in the war on terrorism (Dealing With Terrorism) since 1996, chiefly because it focuses on the most difficult to pierce subject: the hidden machinery of U.S. intelligence.
[Douglas Farah] says Bamford also notes that it was the Vulcans [Richard Perle] and Douglas Feith, together with senior State Department adviser [David Wormser], who drafted the basic outlines of George W Bush's plan to oust Saddam Hussein, including the doctrine of preemption, back in the mid-1990s, when they were advising IsraelI Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu]. Netanyahu rejected the plan, which gathered dust until Bush's election, when the group returned to the corridors of power. Bamford says that the new fortunes of Perle, Feith and Wormser, together with Bush's personal determination to repay Saddam for his attempt to kill Bush's father, were instrumental in America's decision to go to war.
Bill Seitz, fluxent at gmail dot com, Weblog