Season 4, Episode 2: Dennis Fritz, Deadly Betrayal: The Truth About Why the United States Invaded Iraq

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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and retired Air Force Command Chief
Master Sergeant Dennis Fritz, a former Pentagon insider, as they
explore the extremely important insights in Fritz’s new book,
Deadly Betrayal, which uncovers the ugly truths behind the Iraq
War in 2003. Drawing from dramatic evidence, Fritz explains how a
group of high-level Pentagon officials (a “cabal” in Fritz’s
description) in the Bush Jr. Administration manipulated
intelligence, pressured other nations, and swayed Congress and
public to support a disastrous war. 


Together, they delve into the astounding evidence that Fritz
uncovered during his work at the Pentagon while examining the
documentary record of the war.  Fritz discovered three
reasons for the utterly misguided Iraq War: to restore American
“credibility” in the Middle East, to go to war on Israel’s
behalf, and to deliver “democracy” at gunpoint. The results were
a massive failure on all counts. 


The lessons of the Iraq War remain crucial for our own time, as
various lobbies continue to try to manipulate the US into still
more unnecessary and reckless wars.


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