1. Why did the USA invade Iraq in 2003? The question is a good deal harder to answer than one would think.
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@HeerJeet Rumsfeld and Cheney wanted *a* war. The neo-cons gave them a target of the right size & heft.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Indeed, the Weekly Standard crowd was in exile in 2001, for having explicitly or tacitly backed McCain.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet This seems very superficial. At what point do you say Cheney isn't a neo-con? Charter member of PNAC and everythingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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9, Further, Israel under Sharon was dubious about Bush's Iraq adventure. Israel rightly saw Saddam as cowed & worried more about Iran.
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10. Uncertainty of causes can be seen in this post by the estimable
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@HeerJeet But weren't Cheney & Rumsfeld philosophically in league with the neos?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Cheney was still angry about Nixon resigning. Wanted to redefine the Executive.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Post Gulf War, Saddam courted Salafists. The idea that the Baath were "secular" and wouldn't collude w AQ was bs, as ISIS shows.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ElizabethDrewOH Right, but why listen to Wolfowitz's counsel and not, say, Colin Powell's?
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