Reviews

A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq by Mehdi Mozaffari, Richard Herzinger, José Ramos-Horta, Paul Berman, Tony Blair, Adam Michnik, Ian Buruma, Mitchell Cohen, Roger Scruton, Pamela Bone, John Lloyd, Thomas Cushman, Christopher Hitchens, Mient Jan Faber, Nicolas de Warren, Anders Jerichow, Norman Geras, Daniel Kofman, Johann Hari, Richard Just, Jeffrey Herf, Jens Kruse, Jan Narveson, Jonathan Rée, Ann Clwyd, Michel Taubmann

idrees2022's review against another edition

1.0

This book would be comical if the subject matter weren't so tragic. Here is a gaggle of neocons and liberal hawks, championing George W. Bush as a humanitarian crusader who is going to bomb all evil out of the world. For a bunch of self-styled 'contrarians' the book ends with a whole section on Tony Blair, celebrating his 'liberal statesmanship'. By this token, you could also describe Manchu royal eunuchs, and other courtesans as dissidents.

chairmanbernanke's review against another edition

3.0

A clearly unjustified position in retrospect, one some were too short-sighted or ignorant to see.