From Bush and Cheney down through the neoconservatives at the Pentagon, there was a belief that Iraq was a blank slate on which the US could impose its vision of a pluralistic democratic society. "The arrogance came in the form of a belief that this could be accomplished with minimal effort and planning by the US and that it was not important to know something about Iraq." |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.