The Politics of Perle

September 11, 2002 Topic: Security Region: Persian GulfMiddle East Tags: Gulf War

The Politics of Perle

In September 2002, then-Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Richard Perle sat down with Nikolas Gvosdev and made his case for invading Iraq.

Our immediate objective, however, should be to mitigate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein As long as he is there, he will be single-minded in his dedication to increasing and improving his capabilities. I also think that it is increasingly difficult to maintain the sanctions regime, so I don't believe time is on our side.