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WMDs protect utopia

“[John] Gray - finder of worms, uncoverer of bitter ironies - feels at home in this epistemological hall of mirrors. He grasps the unintended consequence of the neo-con disinformation: ‘After Iraq, everyone knows that the only way to be safe against American attack is to possess the WMD capability Saddam lacked.’ The world has become more dystopian because the Americans sought to impose their version of utopia in Iraq.”

From a Guardian book review, here. Found via Jyte, here.


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