New Suskind book

Michiko Kakutani reviews it, including this:

[The Iraq war], according to the author's sources who attended National Security Council briefings in 2002, was primarily waged "to make an example" of Saddam Hussein, to "create a demonstration model to guide the behavior of anyone with the temerity to acquire destructive weapons or, in any way, flout the authority of the United States."

Think they could have sold that reason to the public before the war? Maybe. But they apparently didn't think so. Dan Froomkin had more yesterday. Sounds like a must read.
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