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Human behavior is not precisely rational. Take Iraq as an example. Would you have predicted such things in 1999?
by Solanaceae 11y ago
Human behavior is not precisely rational. Take Iraq as an example. Would you have predicted such things in 1999?
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoConditional on a Republican presidency and some national disaster happening? Conditional on the son of the first Gulf War's President getting elected President? Some people were certainly speculating in that direction.
- akgerber 11y agoAs reflected in this classic Onion article of January 2001, "Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'" http://www.theonion.com/article/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros-464 http://www.theonion.com/article/bush-our-long-national-night... "During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years."