Discussion: Academic 'Flattered' That Senator Plagiarized His Outdated Research

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“By 2007,” he continued, “U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan had, to put it mildly, given democracy promotion a bad name.”

Yes, here, as with so much of life, the “how” matters even more than the “what.”

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“By 2007,” he continued, “U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan had, to put it mildly, given democracy promotion a bad name.”

Not in the military industrial complex, it didn’t. Thats pretty much why he chose that topic…guaranteed acceptance of the premise.

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Forgive and forget the plagiarism, sure. But that HAIRCUT? No mercy, man; no mercy. There’s only so much mendacity a pol can take on before becoming a punchline.