The tragedy of the Iraq invasion has done little to alter the factors that have led American leaders and the public into unwise military adventuresSixteen years ago today, the George W. Bush administration sent U.S.
forces crashing into Iraq without a real plan for what to do after defeating Saddam Hussein. It is easy to forget that moment’s fervent convictions about the Iraqi dictator’s supposed weapons of mass destruction and links to al Qaeda—and the calamity into which Iraq soon descended. It all seems to belong to another era. The debate today is more about how we got out of Iraq than how we got in.
Build bases in Poland! Leave Germany
I've always liked the idea of them first, them being the President, advisors etc. Oh gee, who would lead the country? Oh gee, who leads it now?
I thought the lesson was don't lie about shit to start a war
I believe in war cycle theory where military equipment industry push periodically political elites to war even if there isn’t a clear explanation. Demilitarize USA could be a way to avoid this things but it’s difficult to sustain the unemployment effects.
Of course it could. In fact I’ve been waiting for that shoe to drop for a while now (Trump coming up with the idea, had by countless unpopular politicians over the centuries, to try and shore up support domestically by launching a big foreign war)
Jesus Christ not again.
Wall Street Journal was at the frontline in the propaganda full of lie.
The lesson is that we spend astronomical amounts on the military led blindly into war by war mongers in Congress and incompetent military DOD brass that are rah rah that can’t win wars. A lose lose that cost 7 trillion and unnecessary deaths. Total failure!
So far the USA lost all Wars besides the Second World War which was only won because of the Russians and German mental self-esteem
As a Veteran of that war I can tell you firsthand it's a great way to fuck up and end many many lives on both sides without much cause or reason. I hit a pay wall, but do they say anything about how to prevent cover ups for when your soldiers are exposed to Chem Weapons?
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'Drawn in' is the most generously passive denotation possible.
The lesson is how quickly the American people are brainwashed into believing a threat exists and US intervention is needed. The US did not need to invade Afghanistan or Iraq after 9/11, yet warmongering spread amongst the population like a virus.
And it was actually billed as a 'liberation'.
The lesson: All it takes is electing an intellectually incurious person who brings a team of hawkish ideologues who know how to manipulate him. Sound familiar?
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As a preemptive strike against further ill-advised wars, I recommend full prosecution of every single person responsible for the Iraq War
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