Secrets and Lies: Operation "Iraqi Freedom" and After: A Prelude to the Fall of U.S. Power in the Middle East?

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Summary: Essential reading - one year on
Review: We're coming up to the anniversary of this illegal and shabby war. What do we have? Al Qaeda and other jihadis running rampant in Iraq; our troops being shipped back dead. And what for? Illusory WMDs? Dilip HIro sounded the alarm about this last year. Thank god we have him and this fascinating, provocative and upsetting book.
The reviewer below who dismisses HIro as a "conspiracy" nut doesn't realize that the joke is on him. If its beyond the reviewer why people take Hiro seriously, then why did the reviewer buy the book or read it, knowing the author is a nut? The answer is that the reviewer hasn't been near the covers of the book, let alone inside. The reviewer says - by the way - why is that Libya gave up their nukes if US power is declining? Assuming of course that this is HIro's thesis. Well, if he had bothered to read the book, he'd see that Hiro's thesis is speculative, based on important variables. Do you yourself a big favor: read this book, protest the Bush adminstration, and turn them out of office.