.@sinanantoon: "The invasion of Iraq is often spoken of in the United States as a “blunder,” or even a “colossal mistake.” It was a crime. Those who perpetrated it are still at large."
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#IraqWar marks its 15th year, this video written by@jeremyscahill provides crucial historical context lacking in most media coverage to the US role in the destruction and destabilization of Iraq in the past decades. A must-watch:https://theintercept.com/2018/04/09/video-a-brief-history-of-u-s-intervention-in-iraq-over-the-past-half-century/ …Show this thread -
Historian & foreign policy analyst Roger Morris, March 2003: "Forty years ago, the Central Intelligence Agency, under President John F. Kennedy, conducted its own regime change in Baghdad, carried out in collaboration with Saddam Hussein."
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@intercepted provides one of the best attempts that I've ever seen in the media to put the US policy towards Iraq into proper historical context. Important listen to make sense of the#IraqWar 15 years on.https://twitter.com/intercepted/status/976446743280840705 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CharlesPPierce: "the 15th anniversary of the worst foreign policy disaster in modern American history went sailing by largely unremarked, at least in this country. [...] almost nobody paid any real price for their role in this nightmarish escapade"https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a19547603/iraq-15-years-george-bush/ …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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