
Michael McFaul @McFaul
Exactly. One senior Bush administration explained it to me at the time as a bait and switch. There is a large literature on this subject. — PolitiTweet.org
Alex Robertson Textor @textorian
@MaxAbrahms @McFaul The democracy argument came later, after the WMDs/punishment narrative lost steam. It felt clumsily applied & cynic…