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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@HeerJeet They had no understanding as to the likely Sunni reaction to their Shiite government move.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Raises question of what exactly they thought was going to happen when they forced entire army & Ba'ath party underground ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Of COURSE there was going to be an insurgency in that situation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet They didn't even want democracy in Iraq. Al-Sistani was issuing demands for it: http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/iraqis-campaign-democracy-2003-2005 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet A federal system with most power in the regions might have worked, had it been established in the beginning, maybe.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet The US is a federal system, yet it never seems to dawn on Americans that that might be the way to go.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I agree with your analysis, btwThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet calls for democracy were more of a cudgel against opposition at home. "Why do you hate spreading democracy??!"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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8. The people who did sincerely believe in democratizing Iraq often pointed to post-WWII Germany & Japan to say it was reasonable goal.
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9. Why was USA able to reshape Nazi Germany & Imperial Japan into (limited, flawed) democracies. Answer is actually complicated
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