This is a column I wrote during invasion of Iraq explaining how the WW2 experience gave us a v unrealistic idea of the ease of exporting US style democracy because in Japan and Germany it was in societies shattered by years of total war in which millions had died.https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1114502294664556544 …
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Replying to @joshtpm
You parroted the Bush Administration's "democracy promotion" propaganda and criticized Democrats for not getting on board with their Saddam/WMD fearmongering. Pathetic.
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Replying to @mtracey
Actually I was among the most outspoken journalists in the country at the time cataloguing the false claims abt WMD. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Replying to @joshtpm
Funny, I found a 2002 post where you fearmonger about the alleged nuclear threat posted by Saddam. You know, the Dick Cheney talking point.pic.twitter.com/a5pHYF7FzD
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