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The Iraq War and the Limits of American Power

The Foreign Affairs Interview

CHAPTER

The Struggle to Change Your Mind About Iraq

I think Scowcroft understood the United States better than Ajami and Lewis did. He was a career military man. So I think he had a greater understanding of the limitations as well as the capabilities of American military force. And freedom is untidy, I think we want to fight. That's kind of liberated me because there's a tendency when you've taken a controversial stance for some reason to take it out on others.

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