My Year in Iraq , '' an amalgam of spin and sincerity , is partly an explanation -LRB- or rationalization -RRB- of actions Mr. Bremer took as America 's man in Baghdad , partly an effort to issue some '' I told you so 's '' to administration colleagues , and partly an attempt to spread -LRB- or reassign -RRB- responsibility -LRB- or blame -RRB- by tracing just who in the White House , Pentagon and State Department signed off on or ordered critical decisions made during his tenure .