In part two, Blumenthal dissects the Iraq project - an "ideological dreamland" characterised by incompetence. "green zone of the mind" then on to torture and detention policy, the emergence of John McCain, unique challenge for the next president, and the end of an era
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In part two, Blumenthal dissects the Iraq project - an "ideological dreamland" characterised by incompetence. "green zone of the mind" then on to torture and detention policy, the emergence of John McCain, unique challenge for the next president, and the end of an era
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