Truman National Security Project  Former Intel Officer: The WMDs
That Weren’t  By Gail Harris | 3.15.13  I don’t reflect on the
Iraq War’s 10th anniversary because that is a wrong date. The
Iraq War began in August 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait and
continued all through the 1990’s and the early 21st century
right up until March 2003 when the U.S. and its allies put
troops on the ground. The reality is you’re looking at a 20 plus
year war. If you don’t know and understand that you can’t really
do an analysis of what worked and what didn’t in our national
security policy. I’m familiar with the situation because I was
at ground zero of what’s been called “The Forgotten Iraq War”
for much of the 1990’s.  My involvement in the Iraq problem as
an intelligence analyst was unplanned, unexpected and came about
through what appeared to be a downward turn in my Navy career.
For reasons still unknown to me the man in charge of Navy
Intelligence job assignments (Detailor) had it in for me. He
tried to force me to retire a