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Highly Recommended: Michele Catalano: The March to War and Back

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Nerdy Fish3/19/2013 3:46:07 pm PDT

I’m sure most of you know where I stand on the Iraq war, but I’ll just say it again: I don’t think it was a mistake. I do think that the Bush administration demonstrated absolutely mind-blowing incompetence in trying to invent reasons to go. I admit I bought the lies at the time, but now I’m second-guessing and open to admitting that I fell for a con job. But I still think, in the end, that it was an overall good idea. The implementation thereof, however, left a lot to be desired. We just didn’t have - and still don’t have - any idea how to properly liberate a country from an oppressive government. I think trying to do so in Iran or N. Korea, especially, would be a grave mistake at this time. But it’s still a good idea.