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Sun Nov 22 22:17:54 +0000 2020

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

And I had in mind hundreds of years of history, well beyond the single case of the Iraq war in 2003. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 22, 2020 Hibernated

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

Fantastic thread. To clarify, as I posted in later tweets, I never argued that "liberal values" (either liberalism as a theory or an ideology) are innocent. I was claiming that many theories/ideologies including realism have produced war or been used instrumentally to justify war — PolitiTweet.org

Patrick Porter @PatPorter76

Thread: On realism and Iraq. @McFaul, affronted that some in US progressive politics are calling for a "progressive… https://t.co/GyGtPpvtnr

Posted Nov. 22, 2020 Hibernated

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

@PatPorter76 I argued exactly the same in subsequent tweets , esp regarding liberalism, communism, theocracies, fascism. My beef with academic realists (& there many schools) is that they pretend their theories are just about scientific on explanation when it fact they also shapes behavior. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 22, 2020 Hibernated

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