
The Iraq War and the Limits of American Power
The Foreign Affairs Interview
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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