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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9. Why was USA able to reshape Nazi Germany & Imperial Japan into (limited, flawed) democracies. Answer is actually complicated
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10. One big factor is the sheer scale of horror that was unleashed: firebombing cities & dropping atomic weapons will cow the survivors.
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@HeerJeet US with a large military presence in Germany/Japan 70 years later. Good luck selling that to the American public today.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Germany/Italy were "fellow white people" & Japan was a fully industrialized country which had never been "invented" as a colony.
@HeerJeetThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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