Is some of what we now consider common knowledge about the run-up to the Iraq war wrong — for example, that we were deceived about the U.S.’s reasons for invading Iraq? Former Pentagon official Douglas Feith, who has been harshly criticized for his involvement in that process, thinks so — and he has a new book to make his point. Here he faces Jon Stewart and his “Daily Show” audience to talk about it all.

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