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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16. When I saw that the critiques of scholars like Dower were ignored & glib analogies to WWII made, I knew "democracy promotion" was a sham
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@HeerJeet It was definitely a sham for Wolfowitz and Cheney, but I think Bush actually believed it. He's a simple thinker.
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@dsquareddigest Very true. But Dower wrote on these issues with more depth than most.
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@HeerJeet i wonder if the expansion of the arms industry & proliferation of weapons doesn't play a role in the US inability to dominate IraqThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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