From Stephen M. Walt:
“This month marks the ninth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Regardless of your views on the wisdom of that decision, it’s fair to say that the results were not what most Americans expected. Now that the war is officially over and most U.S. forces have withdrawn, what lessons should Americans (and others) draw from the experience? There are many lessons that one might learn, of course, but here are my Top Ten Lessons from the Iraq War.
“Lesson #2: It’s not that hard to hijack the United States into a war. ”
…but for some reason the word ‘Israel’ does not appear anywhere in the article.
JPG, yes, a glaring omission for sure!
Not so glaring.
Walt & Meashimmer wrote about Israel’s outsized and unhealthy influence on US foreign policy especially with regards to the Middle East — “The Israel Lobby”. They were of course roundly chastised & labelled anti-semites w/o any references to specific errors in their work.
Anyone reading this piece would know what his thoughts on “who” would be.
I imagine he was still a bit sore from the last beating and did not want to stir the hornets nest again. Walt & his co-author did not get much defense from others in the matter. Perhaps the opinions in their book were also affecting their financial prospects so he decided to leave the specific reference out. Sad but quite possibly true.