▁U . S . ▁inter ference ▁in ▁global ▁affairs . ▁Pra ising ▁its ▁" pres cient " ▁appearance ▁and ▁its ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁evidence , ▁Bo yle ▁did ▁present ▁some ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁book . ▁In ▁stress ing ▁the ▁Bush ▁administration ' s ▁continu ity ▁with ▁earlier ▁presiden cies , ▁Bo yle ▁argued ▁that ▁Ch om sky ▁had ▁neglect ed ▁to ▁highlight ▁the ▁differences ▁between ▁the ▁Bush ▁administration ▁and ▁its ▁prede cess ors , ▁in ▁particular ▁its ▁willing ness ▁to ▁break ▁relationships ▁with ▁long - standing ▁al lies . ▁Furthermore , ▁Bo yle ▁op ined ▁that ▁Ch om sky ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁offer ▁a ▁" comp elling ▁explanation " ▁for ▁why ▁the ▁U . S . ▁government ▁was ▁willing ▁to ▁declare ▁war ▁on ▁Ira q ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁a ▁conflict ▁that ▁was ▁far ▁cost lier ▁and ▁risk ier ▁than ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁military ▁advent ures ▁in ▁Nic ar agua ▁and ▁Gren ada . ▁ ▁Journal ism ▁lect urer ▁David ▁Black all ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁W oll ong ong ▁review ed ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁book ▁for ▁the ▁Asia ▁Pacific ▁Media ▁Edu c ator . ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁polar ize ▁readers ▁between ▁those ▁whose ▁anti - imper ial ist ▁belief s ▁would ▁be ▁rein for ced ▁and ▁those ▁who ▁would ▁den ounce ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁ideas ▁as ▁consp i racy ▁theories . ▁He ▁thought ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁important ▁in ▁rem inding ▁readers ▁that ▁the ▁War ▁on ▁T error ▁was