Nick Anderson
Sun, Jan 11, 2026 • 10:39 PM
Bush’s march toward the Iraq War cycled through a grab bag of justifications—weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, humanitarian rescue, democracy promotion—none of which survived sustained scrutiny. The invasion ultimately revealed itself less as a response to a specific threat than as an assertion of American power in the wake of 9/11, driven by impulse, certainty, and an untested belief that force would sort out the details later.
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Kyallee
"Agreed. It's time to take out Donald Trump." Fixed it for you.
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Raj Lalwani
Some people just don't learn from the history.
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The Devil Kitty
God, I was so stupid as a new voter, my father believed it, so I did to. DUMB. A bunch of college history courses later and "...wa...
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Pam Morrow
You sound like a wise future voter.
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