Riedel’s commentary recounts the days following 9/1l in, ‘9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy’

Obsessed with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration misled the American public into believing that Iraq was connected to the Sept. 11 attacks, Bruce Riedel writes. Here is a reprint of that 2021 commentary, as Riedel reflects on the experience when he was on the staff of the National Security Council, (please note that