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GOLDBERG SYNOPSIS

Hellblazer: Shorter Jonah Goldberg:

I have no logic for what we did. I have no explanation for why it was done. But drawing from my vast experience in prison, fictional westerns and third grade playground politics, I conclude we were completely justified in getting tangled up in this tarbaby called Iraq.

Actually, according to Realist theory, the international milieu–anarchy and all that–is very similar to prison, fictional westerns and third grade playground politics.

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About James Joyner
James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. Follow James on Twitter.

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  1. JC says:

    :)

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  2. Katewerk says:

    Then, of course, ther’es this more popular theory of politics….

    http://www.kalimunro.com/learned_in_kindergarten.html

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  3. Quidnunc says:

    The Weekly Standard restates the cause for war
    In a lengthy essay, Robert Kagan and William Kristol recount Why We Went to War: …The Iraqi government repeatedly insisted that most of the weapons had been “secretly” destroyed. When asked to produce credible evidence of the destruction–the locatio…

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