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    David Frum Verified account ‏@davidfrum 6 Jul 2016

    US-UK intervention offered Iraq a better future. Whatever West's mistakes: sectarian war was a choice Iraqis made for themselves.

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    1. Ben Norton ‏@BenjaminNorton 6 Jul 2016

      The Chilcot report admits that US/UK policies "exacerbated" sectarianism in Iraq http://www.salon.com/2016/07/06/not_justified_the_biggest_findings_of_chilcot_report_which_blasts_british_role_in_catastrophic_iraq_war/ … @davidfrumpic.twitter.com/A0t8YaOoX5

      0 replies 18 retweets 9 likes
      1. Michael Tracey ‏@mtracey 6 Jul 2016

        @davidfrum Did you volunteer to participate in the Chilcot inquiry? If not, why?

        2 replies 3 retweets 46 likes
      2. Chris Floyd ‏@empireburlesque 6 Jul 2016

        @mtracey @davidfrum Never mind the Chilcot Inquiry: did you volunteer to participate in the war you helped bring about? If not, why?

        1 reply 3 retweets 25 likes
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    2. Ben Norton ‏@BenjaminNorton 6 Jul 2016

      .@DahrJamail used gov. documents to illustrate how US policies "led to sectarian tensions and violence" http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/33187-us-interventionist-polices-in-iraq-unleashed-chaos-brutality-and-death-still-unfolding-today … @davidfrum

      0 replies 7 retweets 8 likes
      1. stuart braithwaite ‏@plasmatron 6 Jul 2016

        .@davidfrum What. The. Fuck.

        1 reply 8 retweets 108 likes
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      1. Jonah Keri ‏@jonahkeri 6 Jul 2016

        @davidfrum LOL

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      1. Ben Norton ‏@BenjaminNorton 6 Jul 2016

        Ben Norton Retweeted Ben Norton

        Government documents released by WikiLeaks show how US policies encouraged sectarianism in Iraq https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/744296595630366720 … @davidfrum

        Ben Norton added,

        Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton
        How the US encouraged sectarianism in Iraq, strengthening al-Qaeda and fueling the rise of ISIS (in @wikileaks book) pic.twitter.com/HNU9cpLBal
        1 reply 21 retweets 19 likes
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    3. Randa Jarrar ‏@randajarrar 6 Jul 2016

      @davidfrum the way you choose to be a racist and an idiot

      0 replies 2 retweets 1 like
      1. Michael Curry 🏳️‍🌈☭ ‏@mcurryfelidae07 6 Jul 2016

        I hope to see you one day mutter that under your fucking smug breath while in an orange jumpsuit @davidfrum

        1 reply 1 retweet 25 likes
      2. Michael Curry 🏳️‍🌈☭ ‏@mcurryfelidae07 6 Jul 2016

        If Nuremberg were honored to its fullest today, this shitbag @davidfrum would be jailed as a state propagandistpic.twitter.com/Bz5yqUGip6

        4 replies 33 retweets 58 likes
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      1. Patrick S. Noonan ‏@DecisionJedi 6 Jul 2016

        @davidfrum You make it sound as if Iraqis all had a big meeting, kicked around some ideas, "Yeah, we agree to give sectarian war a try."

        3 replies 113 retweets 491 likes
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      1. Ben Norton ‏@BenjaminNorton 6 Jul 2016

        Ben Norton Retweeted David Frum

        Vile historical revisionism. Iraq had a long history of diversity. The US occupation fueled sectarianism. @davidfrumhttps://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/750649573245329408 …

        Ben Norton added,

        David Frum @davidfrum
        US-UK intervention offered Iraq a better future. Whatever West's mistakes: sectarian war was a choice Iraqis made for themselves.
        2 replies 12 retweets 17 likes
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