Michael Dewar
Dewar is a former Lt-col in the British Army who saw active service in the North of Ireland and subsequently wrote a book about the role of the British Army there (1985). He has been active in right wing think tanks and is regularly called on by the mainstream media as a terror or security expert.
Iraq as a cake walk
Peter Preston notes Dewar was amongst those paving the way for an invasion of Iraq by claiming an invasion would be quick:
- The politicians and strategic planners were assuming quick triumph. 'We'll be greeted as liberators', said Vice-President Dick Cheney. Iraqis would hail our boys 'like the people of France in the 1940s', according to Paul Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld's deputy. Rumsfeld himself was informing press briefings that 'we can go it alone, without Britain' as recently as 12 March. A ring of total confidence. Well-briefed military commentators put the likely duration of the fighting at a single week (as Colonel Mike Dewar, the Daily Express's battle expert, bravely informed an audience of 90 editors last month).[1]
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Notes
- ↑ The propaganda war Here is the news: Too much heat... too little light Wall-to-wall TV, the internet, 24-hour news... Saturation coverage is our only experience of the conflict in Iraq. As the battle for hearts and minds intensifies, is the media helping or hindering our understanding of the war? Peter Preston Sunday March 30, 2003 The Observer
