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- Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? The Debate at 20 Years https://tnsr.org/2023/06/why-did-the-united-states-invade-iraq-the-debate-at-20-years/ 2 comments
- Invading Iraq was dumb enough. Now Congress wants to derail the Iran deal: No step the United States could take anywhere in the world would bring strategic benefits as great as detente with Iran. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/14/iran-deal-us-congress-derail-dumb 16 comments politics
- The United States invaded Iraq 20 years ago. The rationale for the war was a lie, and the consequences remain to this day. https://www.dw.com/en/the-shadow-of-the-iraq-war-lingers-on/a-65012953 9 comments europe
- The United States has a (Bush) law that automatically allows it to invade the Netherlands (allies in Iraq and Afghanistan) should they ever dare to prosecute a US citizen or ally for war crimes http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/08/aspa080302.htm 154 comments reddit.com
- Prince Andrew defended comments he made suggesting the United States might have been better off had its leaders learned from the British experience with colonialism before invading Iraq. Why? http://www.cnn.com/2008/us/02/13/prince.andrew/index.html 2 comments reddit.com
- What does not get said when we say the war is bad because we are losing? What goes unsaid is that the United States of America is a nation that has reserved to itself the right to invade other countries, and its Iraq war is immoral and illegal … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stan-goff/ping-pong-you-are-the-_b_64533.html 2 comments reddit.com
- The Resurrection of Ahmad Chalabi: The man who helped convince the United States to invade Iraq has spent the last decade in the political wilderness. But now, with his country in chaos, he could be its next leader. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/07/10/the_resurrection_of_ahmad_chalabi_iraq_isis 12 comments worldnews
- Joe Lieberman, who said invading Iraq at the cost of over 3 trillion dollars had to be done immediately, says health care reform can wait cause the citizens of the United States don't need it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32531250/ns/politics-capitol_hill/ 119 comments politics
- Monday marks 20 years since the United States invaded Iraq. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, the rise of ISIS, and more, what does the country look like today? Charlie D'Agata, who has covered the region for decades, reports from Baghdad. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao_WHb1Fi1g 3 comments military
- Jordan Tama reviews Ahsan Butt's Security Studies article, “Why Did the United States Invade Iraq in 2003?”, which argues that the Iraq invasion was a "performative war" intended to show challengers that the US would act with overwhelming force to counter any threats to its power and standing. https://issforum.org/articlereviews/129-butt 32 comments geopolitics