Arthur Silber has an excellen essay on how the Bush administration used Intelligence to pump up war fever for the Invasion of Iraq. A key point is that the administration NEVER ASKED for a strategic assessment of Iraq and the results that would flow from invading that country, and only asked for an assessment of of post-invasion Iraq a year after the invasion. The decision to invade Iraq was made without considering the facts or the likely outcome of such an invasion. In other words, the decision to invade Iraq was not a rational decision.
Silber's final comments on how the assessment that the Bush administration made an irrational decision to invade Iraq sheds light on the current considerations of action against Iran.
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