I am commanding the Central Command -- Truth about the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars

Author: Zhang Chunbo
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: From September 11, 2001, to Saddam Hussein's dictatorial regime in Iraq being overthrown, what exactly happened at the highest levels of the U.S. government and military? Only two people in the world know the inside story. One of them is General Tommy Franks, and the other is Marine Corps Lieutenant General Mike "Rifle" Dragon, Franks' deputy. Dragon, as Donald Rumsfeld's "go-to guy" during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, focused and united the international coalition against the war on terror and the war against Saddam Hussein. When Franks was occupied elsewhere, the former naval combat pilot Dragon ran the Central Command—the nerve center of both wars. In My Command at Central Command, you will learn things that have only been known to insiders so far:
★ How President Bush had a chance to eliminate Saddam and his sons before the war—and why he didn't take it
★ How the idea of invading Iraq emerged as early as September 11, 2001
★ Where Saddam's weapons of mass destruction might be hidden—and whether they really existed
★ Al-Qaeda and Saddam—Why Central Command believed they were conspirators
★ Why Central Command knew in advance that the UN would never approve military action against Iraq—and why the war was justified
★ Why the chaos in Iraq was greater than expected—and the mistakes that caused it
★ The claim that the Iraqi "freedom fighters" were allies of the U.S. and Ahmad Chalabi's failure to prove this
My Command at Central Command gives you the core message of the defense intelligence and operational plans the U.S. held for a broader Middle East. You will go behind the scenes of the unknown actions that led to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is an absolutely essential concern for a war we have already won—it is the step to winning the war on terror.