politics

The shock and awe approach to DOGE reminds me of similar tactics deployed in opening up Russia after the fall of the USSR and also Iraq post-Saddam 

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In some ways Gorbachev’s undermining of the party, and Yeltin’s subsequent banning of it, is akin to the disastrous de-Ba’athification process the United States pursued in Iraq from 2003-2004. Rather than harness the partocrats, Gorbachev and Yeltsin set them loose, and they stole the state. Much as defenestrated Ba’athist members—including the entirety of the army, police, and intelligence services—engaged in all manner of deleterious actions, not least of which was forming armed insurgencies like ISIS.[124](https://www.cogitations.co/p/from-reform-to-ruin-in-the-ussr?r=1fn2p&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true#footnote-124-154994363)

The shock and awe approach to DOGE reminds me of similar tactics deployed in opening up Russia after the fall of the USSR and also Iraq post-Saddam 

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In some ways Gorbachev’s undermining of the party, and Yeltin’s subsequent banning of it, is akin to the disastrous de-Ba’athification process the United States pursued in Iraq from 2003-2004. Rather than harness the partocrats, Gorbachev and Yeltsin set them loose, and they stole the state. Much as defenestrated Ba’athist members—including the entirety of the army, police, and intelligence services—engaged in all manner of deleterious actions, not least of which was forming armed insurgencies like ISIS.[124](https://www.cogitations.co/p/from-reform-to-ruin-in-the-ussr?r=1fn2p&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true#footnote-124-154994363)

https://www.cogitations.co/p/from-reform-to-ruin-in-the-ussr?utm_medium=ios