Naval War College Review
Abstract
In the aftermath of the Iraq war and transfer to Iraqi authority, a bitter debate persists over the motives for the war and the reasons for the transatlantic antipa- thy it engendered. There are those who argue that moral talk coming out of the White House represents a fig leaf for realpolitik, a change in tactics after the fail- ure to find evidence of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. Why had President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair, both known for their moral personal philosophies and foreign policies, relied primarily on legal and threat-based justifications?
Recommended Citation
Fink, Susan D.
(2004)
"The Trouble with Mixed Motives,"
Naval War College Review: Vol. 57:
No.
3, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol57/iss3/4
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