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hugo7

I'd also add that while oil security was a factor, there was an evangelical fervor that went beyond that. The drive to tie 9/11 to Iraq for eg

It's a good eg of human agency in history. I'm not claiming that another president wouldn't/couldn't have done the same. But being the child of Bush snr had an impact.

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Stonehedge in reply to @hugo7

Yeah good point, I hadn't even mentioned the insane war on terror angle to Iraq. Almost as if aggressive foreign policy rarely works out well for anyboy other than the Haliburtons of the world.

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hugo7 in reply to @Stonehedge

I can't remember who was talking about it, but I remember hearing an insider referencing the general cultural predisposition towards war in Washington.

This was in relation to Libya, but I thought it was an interesting insight in general.

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