James Bennet is an editor of the Washington Monthly. Research assistance was provided by Elliott Beard and Sean O'Sullivan.
Why they failed to stop the war
Those who spent a large part of the days leading up to January 16 in arguments over whether the U.S. should go to war with Iraq sooner, later, or not at all-arguments that flared up like grease fires in the middle of previously pleasant conversations around the dinner table, on the phone, in bars-may be surprised to learn ...