The writer is the President of the Council on Foreign Relations and previously served as Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department (2001-2003).
A central theme of the Report is that the Iraq War did not have to happen, and certainly not when it did. The decision to go to war was partly based on faulty intelligence.
A central theme of the Report is that the Iraq War did not have to happen, and certainly not when it did. The decision to go to war was partly based on faulty intelligence.