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Mon Nov 16 19:19:51 +0000 2020

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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…

Posted Nov. 16, 2020 Hibernated

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

@MaxAbrahms Ok, Dr. Abrams, I have tried to engage in polite interaction with you about a very important subject. You are not. Im disengaging. This medium is obviously not conducive to a serious debate about IR theory and US policy. Happy to try again using another platform/modality. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 16, 2020 Hibernated

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

On this we can agree. There was a very wide disparate ideological coalition within the Bush administration supporting war -- some were realists; others neocons. Cheney was no liberal internationalist ! Nor was Rumsfeld. Wolfowitz was. How would you code Feith? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Abrahms @MaxAbrahms

@McFaul The liberal and security arguments were not totally unrelated. Liberals said counterterrorism depends on to… https://t.co/7VPsqTv9hX

Posted Nov. 16, 2020 Hibernated

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