Death of Michael Ledeen, maker of the phony case for the invasion of Iraq

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93 points nabla9 | 1 comments | 25 May 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.338s | source

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stormfather ◴[25 May 25 16:24 UTC] No.44088898[source]▶

I've never understood what the real reason we invaded was. I just know it wasn't what we said, or oil.

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dragonwriter ◴[25 May 25 16:43 UTC] No.44089003[source]▶

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A US invasion, occupation, and political reformation of Iraq to serve as a lever for a pro-US series of regime changes in the Middle East were central ideas of the Project for a New American Century, from which the Bush Administration drew heavily for its defense and foreign policy officials (as well as VP.)

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1. subpixel ◴[29 May 25 02:13 UTC] No.44122481[source]▶

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Also, there was palpable excitement in the media and everyone wanted to be a part of the big story.

I was in the offices of WNET/Channel 13 in Manhattan the day the news began moving among insiders that an invasion of Iraq was imminent. All these middle aged producers were stoked. If that was PBS you can only imagine what the vibe was like everywhere else.

Of course within a week people like this and their reporters were basically competing to get “embedded” with invading troops and tell an approved story. Wild times.

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