Weekly "what are you reading" Thread #84 :marseyreading:

To discuss your weekly readings of books, textbooks, and papers.

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@Aevann can you :marseypin2: pls

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Steve Coll is back baby

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What's the central idea of the book? I've never read anything by Coll.

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>Saddam was helped by CIA during Iran Iraq war

>he thought that if Iran developed nukes the US and Israelis would take care of that

>after desert storm and the disarmament he thought there was no way he could hold off the Iranians

>floated a nuke program in paper

>cue string of diplomatic and statecraft shitshow

>CIA shits the bed adding fuel to the fire by issuing memos which makes no sense

>Saddam sees his political bitcoin rising again, this time with jihadis

>starts courting them

>9/11 happens

>Saddam: oh shit

>too late: CIA Iraq analysis group issues analytical report saying nuke problem is serious

>takes a half joke out of context

>becomes the basis of the WMD theory

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