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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I don't think we'd be seen positively by most of NK. I'm just guessing it might be better than Iraq.
Agreed on everything noted in your second paragraph. But amazingly, where there was a chance perhaps it wouldn't be a total mess, Bremmer ensured a complete meltdown. It is mind boggling. Hussein warned in advance that the Baathists would fight to the death if faced with loss of power. So what'd we do? Throw them all out of power, and purge them from the military, eliminating all possibility of a deal. Great job, Bremmy.
And didn't Bush then give Bremmer the Medal of Freedom? Seriously, Idiocracy.
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There was zero chance it would not be mess.
And more of the bad decisions have to fall on Bush, Rumsfeld and the Generals than Bremer; Bremer (remember, it's one "m" for Paul Bremer and two for the very different Ian Bremmer) came in with the charge of de-Baathification, he was just executing on a decision others made. His predecessor saw it as a mistake and told everyone it was a mistake, and got removed for it.
