Without a single excuse for Saddam's brutality: That war, and the ensuing disastrous occupation, wrecked the region.https://twitter.com/rich1/status/750677987486490624 …
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Germany did not emerge alone. It was showered with aid & given a path out. Middle East remains a land for proxy wars—its people disregarded.
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I don't mean to minimize Middle East's problems. (Nope, no). Just maddening to see rest of world still do so much to make it even worse.
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the misapprehension of civilisation as a uniquely western virtue is debilitating & perpetuates the 'otherness' of foreign societies
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Repeated attempts at non-violent movements & institution building gets crushed... often with outside help. Nobody notices them.
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That was after Germany got obliterated 2X in 1 century.
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True. But Iraqi people were ready for change; ready for a better country. They'd been through a lot too. It was a missed chance.
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