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The quote says the United States was not trying to take over Iraq and make it part of the country. It presents U.S. intentions as limited rather than expansionist. The wording is meant to reject the idea of annexation or permanent absorption.
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Originally said in English.
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About John Mearsheimer
American political scientist and international relations scholar
John Joseph Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and scholar of international relations, and a professor at the University of Chicago. He is known for his work on great power politics and the theory of offensive realism. His writing and teaching focus on how states compete for power in an anarchic international system. He has become widely associated with realist thinking in international affairs, especially questions of security, rivalry, and the behavior of major powers.
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