1. Rumsfeld's "idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me unrealistic" is not a confession but a subtle cover-up.
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4. The mistake here is to think the goal was meaningful democracy in any way, as opposed to a pliant Iraq with trappings of electoral system
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5. The thinking was that shock & aw would not only melt the Iraqi army but also cow the population sufficiently to go along with occupation
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@HeerJeet Not the Inherent Nobility of the People or some horseshit like that -
@normative Well, democracy was only pretext, not real goal. And damningly, they didn't even achieve real goal of a compliant Iraq. - Show replies
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