12. To say it was an "idee fixe" is circular: they wanted to invade Iraq because they wanted to invade Iraq. Doesn't explain much.
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23: So: Iraq was already an idee fixe and all the more convenient because it would be a showcase for USA military might, not shadow war.
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24. Further, defeating Saddam would (they thought) cow larger Arab world. In immortal words of Tom Friedman, message was "suck on this"
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@heerjeet It's a mistake to think there's a single explanation for war - Cheney, Rumsfeld, W, Wolfowitz all had different motivations -
@speechboy71@HeerJeet They all made a shit load of money for themselves and their cronies while cloaking themselves in the flag.
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@HeerJeet do you suppose GWB understood? I imagine his VP and Rums probably said it out loudThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Or they could have wanted to deepen racial hatred.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet read Cheney's Westpoint speech: "enemy hit us, and hit us hard".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Conservative economics, when applied, produces deflation. War is the only social spending permissible to them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet "War is the Health of the State." Randolph Bourne.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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