The Critical Edition

Posted By G. Scott on August 25, 2008

We create our own monsters, both in the realm of psychological fears and in the realm of international relations. Segment VII points out how we created Saddam Hussein, supported him, and were a friend until his invasion of Kuwait.

Hussein was a textbook example of blowback.

Part VII also introduces the concept of a fourth element of the military-industrial complex:

1. The military
2. The defense industry
3. Congress
4. Think tanks

Kwiatkowski summarizes the problems of think tanks perfectly: People making policy who have zero accountability to the public. She then goes on to give a devastating insider view of the lead up to the war in Iraq.

Think tanks — good, bad, or neither?

Category: politics
Tags: america, iraq, politics