Irony, I think Wouldn't it be funny if the critical Suskind book actually helped the administration articulate it's long-held claim that Iraq war was necessary post-9/11, that sanctions were too risky. By putting into focus the pre-9/11 policy towards Iraq, the book will make the reader consider the situation as it was and ask the question: how can we live with a world that has in it an avowed enemy of the U.S. with the risk he has or is developing weapons that can destroy us?  ¶ 12:52 PM