The Iraq War is the greatest strategic blunder in American history. It cost our nation $1 trillion, the lives of thousands of our finest warriors, and our international credibility. It made defeating al-Qaeda harder, stopping Iran more difficult, and global security more precarious. It was not, as some now say, simply the fault of bad intelligence. Our senior officials willfully and systematically misled the American people and our closest allies on the most crucial question any government faces: Must we go to war? Read more »
On the Rachel Maddow Show on Air America Radio, Joe Cirincione discussed the decision by the Bush Administration to sell nuclear technology to Dubai. Why does a sun-drenched emirate in the desert need to develop nuclear power? Joe explains that it might have something to do with Iran. Listen to their conversation. Read more »
Rachel Maddow gave a shout-out to Joe Cirincione on her MSNBC show. She referenced a recent article Joe wrote for Arms Control Today called "Strategic Collapse: The Failure of the Bush Nuclear Doctrine". Read more »
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