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Opinion: Iraq war 20 years on: how the role of empire and imperialism in the Middle East has been misconstrued

Before the US-led coalition’s occupation of Iraq starting in March 2003, there was at least one subject upon which certain advocates and opponents of the war agreed: that the invasion was imperialistic. Both sides weaponised the historical…
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Opinion: 20 years on, most Americans say Iraq invasion was the wrong decision

By Dave Lawler Two decades after the U.S. invaded Iraq, 61% of Americans do not believe the U.S. made the right decision by invading Iraq, according to a new Axios/Ipsos poll. Why it matters: The chaos and destruction that…
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Opinion: Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order

by Patrick Wintour  The French statesman Georges Clemenceau once said: “War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.” In the case of the invasion of Iraq, however, the war that began 20 years ago started in victory and…
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20 years after invading Iraq, US troops are still holding things together there

BY JARED KELLER  It’s been nearly 20 years since a U.S.-led military coalition invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein, and U.S. troops are still fighting alongside the Iraqi government to stabilize the country’s security situation. In…
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Opinion: Britain’s Tony Blair Finds Another War to Support

By Francis P. Sempa Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair is back in the headlines urging the West to get more deeply involved in the Russia-Ukraine war. Blair, who along with President George W. Bush, was one of the architects…
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Opinion: America’s refusal to show military supremacy will be our downfall

By H. F. Chacon Jr.  Are we living through another Cold War? In replacement of the Soviets, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have become our main adversary, and as the spheres of influence grow further and further apart, our hostility…
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Opinion: Assyrians Continue to Struggle to Survive Post-U.S. Invasion of Iraq

By Julian McBride The 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq had dooming consequences for the Middle East and the various ethnic groups in the country. The war saw sectarian violence on a level that has eclipsed examples of sectarianism…
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Opinion: Iraq, Afghanistan Provide Lessons on US Weapons Flows

by James R. Webb There are a host of reasons, backed by historical examples, why sending more and more advanced weapons into Ukraine will not be a panacea. In fact, sending them might boomerang against the U.S. at some point. This is…
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Opinion: Guantanamo Bay, a Symbol of Utter Shame

By Editorial Team Guantanamo Bay prison, the American prison situated on the Cuban island, has turned 21 on January 12. It has been a symbol of arbitrary arrest and denial of justice as most of its 800 prisoners, all of them Muslim men,…
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Opinion: U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin discusses her trip to the Middle East, painful lessons from U.S. invasion of Iraq

By Jeffry Stevens U.S. Rep. Elissa Blair Slotkin (D- Holly) recently returned from a nine-day trip to the Middle East over Thanksgiving. The Congressional Delegation of House Veterans Affairs Committee members visited Jordan, Kuwait,…