War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You to Know (Paperback)

~ (Author), Scott Ritter (Author)

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Product Description

War on Iraq offers a balanced, non-partisan examination of the current debate in Washington and beyond. In this shocking expose on the impending offensive against Iraq, activist, author, and teacher William Rivers Pitt sits down with former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter to expose the truth behind the hawkish rhetoric of the Bush administration. Ritter--ex-Marine, intelligence specialist, expert on Iraqi military strategy, and Gulf War veteran--dismantles the myths surrounding Saddam Hussein's biological, chemical and nuclear weapons capabilities while revealing the neo-conservative forces pushing the White House toward war. During the seven years the inspections took place, Ritter and other inspectors were able to confirm that Iraq's chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons programs were effectively destroyed, counter to current White House claims. Pitt and Ritter also explain the lack of any plausible link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, and highlight the absurdity of forcing democracy on a nation that has been divided for centuries. The book closes with a stark forecast for American troops if a ground war ensues and urges the White House to seek a diplomatic solution. A complete listing of contact information for U.S. senators as well as outreach and activist resources is included.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Context Books (September 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893956385
• ISBN-13: 978-1893956384
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #854,093 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The facts are in--this book was right., October 10, 2004

By	Nondescript (Nowhere in particular) - See all my reviews

How incredibly prescient this book has turned out to be, and how unbelievably wrong the neocons were not to listen. I guess the verdict is in, and it doesn't look good for Bush.

Bush blames his Iraq fiasco on "bad intelligence." If the intelligence was so bad, how come Ritter knew the facts on the ground? How was he able to accurately predict EXACTLY what we found--that there were no stockpiles at all? Maybe the problem wasn't bad intelligence, but bad ideology, blindly ignoring what the weapons experts knew to be true.

In the end, though, I can probably agree that Bush does have a problem with bad intelligence. His own!

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly prescient, October 13, 2004

By	Gregory Scott Tift "a reader" (Bellevue, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having just read this short little book I am absolutely amazed at the foresight Pitt and Ritter displayed in 2002. Almost everything these two men said about the state of Iraq than and now is incredibly accurate. I never would have believed that Scott Ritter, who the mainstream press branded a "lunatic" or "an Iraqi agent", was actually one of the better informed Americans when it came to the nation of Iraq. From WMD to tribal factions to the members of the so called "insurgents", it seems that Scott Ritter is the person the press and the Pentagon should have gone to when they had questions of Saddam and Iraq.

This book is a must read for ANY red blooded, straight thinking American who is genuinely interested in the truth about Iraq.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even George Bush Agrees with Scott Ritter Now, February 11, 2004

By	Dana Garrett - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Months prior to the Iraq war, I researched press accounts worldwide, read published UN documents and web-posted reports and evaluations of weapons experts, and read this book by Scott Ritter and published interviews of him, and was convinced that either Iraq had no WMD or had no functioning WMD.

My question is: if I could come to this conclusion without the aid of classified intelligence, how can we even conceive of the President of the United States coming to his false and calamitous conclusion with all of the classified and unclassified intelligence at his disposal? Even the President now agrees that Iraq had no WMD based on the Kay report.

When one considers all the vilification that Scott Ritter has undergone, how his patriotism and professionalism have been questioned, and how he has even been threatened with Court hearings, simply because he spoke the obvious truth long before it was politically chic to speak it, it is clear that the US government owes Mr. Ritter an immense apology. It is also obvious that if the United States government wants to conduct a fair and impartial investigation of this intelligence calamity, it should appoint Scott Ritter to head the investigation.