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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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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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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@normative makes the point that democracy in Iraq wasn't a realistic goal. That is almost certainly true but also, I think, irrelevant.4 replies 4 retweets 6 likes
@normative I mean the American military is really good at breaking things (no one is better) but not good at stabalizing other societies.
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