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Why Did Bush Go to War in Iraq? The Answer Is More Sinister Than You Think
Ahsan I Butt – Common Dreams, 25 Mar 2019

20 Mar 2019 – No, it wasn’t because of WMDs, democracy or Iraqi oil. The “Ledeen Doctrine” was named after neoconservative historian Michael Ledeen. The “doctrine” states: “Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business.” It may be discomfiting to Americans to say nothing of millions of Iraqis that the Bush administration spent their blood and treasure for a war inspired by the Ledeen Doctrine.

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