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ID099754
Title ProperGroputhink, Iraq, and the war on terror
Other Title Informationexplaining US policy shift towards Iraq
LanguageENG
AuthorBadie, Dina
Summary / Abstract (Note)Existing scholarship on the Iraq War decision-making process generally treats the event as a logical extension of pre-existing ideas and policies. This paper considers the Bush administration's decision to absorb Iraq into the broader War on Terror as a deviation from long-held views of Saddam Hussein. I argue that the decision to incorporate Iraq into the wider post 9/11 mission was pathologically driven by groupthink, which caused a shift in the administration's view of Saddam from a troubling dictator to an existential threat to US security. Therefore, groupthink can simultaneously explain the defects in the decision-making process and the shift from cautious restraint to accelerated urgency with respect to US relations with Iraq.
`In' analytical NoteForeign Policy Analysis Vol.6, No.4; Oct 2010: p277-296
Journal SourceForeign Policy Analysis Vol.6, No.4; Oct 2010: p277-296
Key WordsGroupthink Model ;  Preconditions Foundations for Changing Conceptions ;  Pressure Towords Conformity ;  Evaluation Problems