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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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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11. But post-war German & Japanese elites also compliant because they feared USSR & later communist China.
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@HeerJeet Yup! Lots of cultural & historical components to that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet what about countries like India or Turkey, which were able to have stable democratic regimes without foreign interventions?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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