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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Replying to @HeerJeet
2. Rumsfeld's statement is here: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-08/donald-rumsfeld-george-w-bush-was-wrong-about-iraq …
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3. What's Rumsfeld saying here? "Our mistake in Iraq is that we were too noble & naive. We had faith in democracy but Iraqis not up for it."
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@normative Well, democracy was only pretext, not real goal. And damningly, they didn't even achieve real goal of a compliant Iraq.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
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@normative So whether goal was democracy or compliant Iraq, it was still misbegotten. USA could destroy old regime but not create a new one
8:51 PM - 8 Jun 2015
from Toronto, Ontario
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