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Gates, Brooks, and Iraq. Guest post from Jeff Lomonaco, assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota:
More from Belgravia Dispatch.David Brooks, newly liberated from TimesSelect, went to Robert Gates' big "realist view of democracy promotion" speech the other day and spoke with him afterwards. Among other things:
I asked him whether invading Iraq was a good idea, knowing what we know now. He looked at me for a bit and said, "I don't know."Is it not extraordinary that George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense is unwilling and unable to affirm that the Iraq war was a good idea?