As a prelude to war in 2003, the administration of George W. Bush did its utmost to convince the public that saddam Hussein's secret development of weapons of mass destruction posed a threat American security. Within a year of the US invasion of Iraq, it became clear that no such weapons existed. Sadly, this was not the first time the American public was urged to support a war for reasons that turned out later to be scarcely credible. As law professor, John ...
