Michael McFaul

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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

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

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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

@MaxAbrahms @McFaul The democracy argument came later, after the WMDs/punishment narrative lost steam. It felt clumsily applied & cynic…

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I just skimmed Powell's speech to the UN. There is not one word about democracy promotion. See Condi's book, Democracy. Even in a book about democracy promotion, she argues that we didn't invade to promote democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

This is wrong. Of course, George W. Bush and other regime change salespeople mentioned democracy promotion as an im… https://t.co/F0LPNp9Mrw

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