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Death of Michael Ledeen, maker of the phony case for the invasion of Iraq

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93 points nabla9 | 1 comments | 25 May 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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melling ◴[25 May 25 16:20 UTC] No.44088874[source]▶
$2 trillion for that war. Next time let’s cure cancer(s).

Correct, no one said it would be easy. True we would likely not have succeeded, but millions more would be cancer survivors.

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motorest ◴[25 May 25 16:40 UTC] No.44088989[source]▶
> $2 trillion for that war. Next time let’s cure cancer(s).

Aren't there any positive tradeoffs in overthrowing the likes of Saddam Hussein?

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floralhangnail ◴[25 May 25 17:12 UTC] No.44089188[source]▶
In an alternate timeline, maybe he would have become more of a dangerous liability, but I think it would have been cheaper for the CIA to overthrow him in any case
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1. shigawire ◴[25 May 25 17:14 UTC] No.44089210[source]▶
The CIAs track record here is terrible. It basically only succeeds if there is already a viable opposition that it can hand bags of cash.

It can't create regime change out of nothing, despite what it's detractors and its own propaganda might claim.