National Security Archive
Government Printing Office
University of Illinois Poli Sci
Senior Honors Thesis: Uncovering the Rationales for the War on Iraq\"
by Devon M. Largio
This thesis covers the period between Sep. 12, 2001 to Oct. 11, 2002 and shows that the
administration and media presented 27 different justifications for war with Iraq. One
can watch as the narratives change to deflect criticism and hype the threat.
Avoiding attacking suspected terrorist mastermind
By Jim Miklaszewski
"The Pentagon drew up a second strike plan, and the White House again killed it.
By then the administration had set its course for war with Iraq.
“People were more obsessed with developing the coalition to overthrow Saddam
than to execute the president’s policy of preemption against terrorists,”
according to terrorism expert and former National Security Council member Roger Cressey."
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