QUOTE: Nice post from UChicago professor Dan Drezner on Jacques Chirac's political unseriousness, as phrased in the form of a Comprehensive Examination question:
"A final excerpt from the interview:
Q: Was it a mistake to overthrow Saddam?
A: No, absolutely not. I did not approve of the way he was overthrown. I felt it could have happened in another way.
Q: Without a war?
A: I think he could have been overthrown without a war. I think that political pressure would have led to Saddam’s disappearance.
Given the history of uprisings against Saddam Hussein prior to 2003, please identify a theory -- any theory -- of world politics that would be consistent with your prediction. "
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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