More information on this topic, though perhaps not on the "why", but the "how", specifically, "how the public was tricked to go along with it", which included endorsing known-bogus intelligence: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/06/mi6-stood-by...
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 13.7 ms ] threadCalling dissent anti-Semitic: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/02/18/t...
And the now classic: phony appeals to humanitarianism: https://www.haaretz.com/2003-04-03/ty-article/white-mans-bur...