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INTERVIEW: The Secrets Bush Didn’t Want Out

INTERVIEW: The Secrets Bush Didn’t Want Out

Update: 2025-05-06
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Weapons that didn’t exist. Myths that fueled invasion. Secrets from inside the White House.

Journalist Robert Draper (NYT, To Start a War) reveals how Bush’s team pushed America into Iraq — the intelligence failures, the power struggles, and the legacy still haunting U.S. policy.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome to Why Wars Happened

00:49 – Robert Draper & his access to sources

02:32 – The Gulf War’s impact on 2003

06:17 – WMDs & the Iraq Survey Group

15:40 – Saddam Hussein & Al-Qaeda myths

21:38 – Post-war planning conflicts

27:12 – The legacy of the Iraq War

28:57 – Conclusion

#IraqWar #BushAdministration #WMDs #RobertDraper #WhyWarsHappened

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INTERVIEW: The Secrets Bush Didn’t Want Out

INTERVIEW: The Secrets Bush Didn’t Want Out