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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemind me who was responsible for debathification of the military in Iraq? Was it Bremmer, was it
Rumsfeld, Cheney or Wolfowitz? ISIS is fomenting a sectarian war throughout the middle east and it germinated with the war in Iraq.
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Remind me who was responsible for debathification of the military in Iraq? Was it Bremmer, was it (Original Post)
applegrove
Mar 2015
OP
Here you go. Naomi Klein clearly outlines Bremer's role in causing the rise of rebellion.
madfloridian
Mar 2015
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Warpy
(111,337 posts)1. That dumbass Bremer actually did the deed
but it had to be approved by all his puppet masters.
It might have been the most spectacularly stupid thing this country has ever done, even surpassing the invasion of the only country in the region that didn't harbor terrorists.
brush
(53,841 posts)2. You are correct, sir!
A spectacular blunder it was. Remember when ISIS seemed to appear suddenly out of nowhere and capture huge swaths of territory?
It was because those formerly Baath generals are the leaders the military commanders.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)3. Don't forget this con man.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)4. All of the above-but it was Bremer who orchestrated it
The previous person, Garner, wanted to use the Iraqi military for reconstruction.
Wella
(1,827 posts)5. L. Paul Bremer, originally of Kissinger and Associates
You do the math.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)6. Here you go. Naomi Klein clearly outlines Bremer's role in causing the rise of rebellion.