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So we tried that thing called regime change in Iraq, and failed miserably. We tried that thing again in Libya, and there are now active slave markets in the place. But we satisfied the objective of “removing a dictator.” By the exact same
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No consequences (risks) for decision makers and strategists, but all the power - No power for citizens effected in middle east, but all the consequences.
Without a corrective feedback mechanism mapping actions to consequences, destructive dispositions never improve
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