Tag: Iraq War

Violation of the UN Charter and the International laws of war.

Despite U.S. intelligence confirming Iran is not developing nuclear weapons, Trump threatens military action and pushes for escalation, evoking parallels to pre-Iraq War propaganda.

Washington’s hypocrisy on this matter is legendary and stunning.

Only those who have failed to learn the lessons of the Iraq War would fail to make the same demand of Russia as a prerequisite for a just peace today.

 “All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” --Viet Thanh Nguyen

What propelled the United States to start the war on Iraq in March 2003 were dynamics of media and politics that are still very much with us today.

Nineteen years ago on March 19, coincidentally, my nation orchestrated the most horrific deed since God knows when.

Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.

After spending trillions of dollars and killing millions of people, the abysmal record of U.S. war-making since World War II remains a tragic litany of failure and defeat, even on its own terms.

Let’s hope Biden has learned another history lesson: That the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.