Tom dwells on the mistakes he and others have made thinking about the war in Iraq
It is all here, in technicolor. I am still haunted by that phrase, "hard to imagine." It wasn’t just Paul Wolfowitz who came up short. As I note in this interview, I once thought keeping a residual military force in Iraq was a good idea.
It is all here, in technicolor. I am still haunted by that phrase, "hard to imagine." It wasn't just Paul Wolfowitz who came up short. As I note in this interview, I once thought keeping a residual military force in Iraq was a good idea.
It is all here, in technicolor. I am still haunted by that phrase, "hard to imagine." It wasn’t just Paul Wolfowitz who came up short. As I note in this interview, I once thought keeping a residual military force in Iraq was a good idea.
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