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The Iraq War and the Limits of American Power

The Foreign Affairs Interview

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The Importance of Interpretation in Regime Change

One of the lessons that you draw from the Iraq fiasco is that policies regime change don't really work whether they involve military intervention or covert action. Looking back on what happened in Iraq and also in Afghanistan I think makes me much more cautious about promoting regime change, says former CIA director John Brennan. "I've become pretty jaded about the ability of the United States to influence the political development of foreign countries"

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