AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
Booknotes+ : Robert Kaplan, "The Tragic Mind"
After Words
The Bureaucratic Process That Leads to the Signal to Invade Iraq
I got it wrong because I had been obsessed with how horrible Iraq was when I was there. And because you couldn't imagine anything else, you tend to believe the worst thing about the regime. So all these reports from not just the CIA, but intelligence agencies throughout the West. That he was hiding weapons. It was easy to believe if you knew intimately the regime as I did.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode