Image of book cover - What We Owe Iraq by Noah Feldman
Image of book cover - What We Owe Iraq by Noah Feldman

What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building

Jan 13, 2005

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Feldman, a constitutional expert and Arabic-speaker sent to Iraq by the Bush administration, argues that U.S. intervention in Iraq amounts to a moral promise. Unless asked to leave, he believes that we are morally bound to stay until a legitimately elected government can govern effectively.

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