Scott Horton cites Philip Zelikow: Iraq threat ‘dare not speak its name’

What was said

""Why would Iraq attack America or use nuclear weapons against us?" I'll tell you what I think the real threat is, and actually has been since 1990. It's the threat against Israel. [snorts] And this is the threat that dare not speak its name because the Europeans don't care deeply about that threat, I will tell you frankly."

Libertarian commentator and author Scott Horton tells Julian Dorey that former US official Philip Zelikow privately framed Iraq’s main strategic relevance as a threat to Israel, not to the United States. Horton argues Zelikow’s reported remark illustrates why the Bush administration publicly foregrounded US security claims rather than Israel-related rationales ahead of the 2003 invasion.