iraq war

I've been thinking last few days about the invasion of Iraq and how it relates to Ukraine. We invaded Iraq because of non-existent WMDs, a non-existent nuclear program, and a non-existent connection to Al Qaeda. Why did Russia invade Ukraine? A non-existent connection to Nazism, a...

Code Pink Iraq Tribunal I don't know how much this will help, however, I'm glad that they are doing this.

It hasn't been reported on much in the West, but a friend of mine is currently vacationing in Kuwait and he said they have a huge celebration going on, honoring the 25th anniversary of their liberation following an invasion by Iraq. It was a U.S.-led military force that quickly mobilized and...

Wow! In case you all missed it, just about all of the pro-Iraq War people now agree that the Iraq War was a mistake. It only took about twelve years, thousands of dead Americans, tens of thousands (possibly hundreds of thousands) of dead Iraqis, and hundreds of billions of dollars, but just...

Recent debate has revealed some incontrovertible facts in the July 12, 2007 accidental shooting of Iraqi "journalists." From a decidedly anti-military webblog: Fact 1) Fifteen military aged Iraqi males in civilian clothing without uniform or insignia, only two of whom are identified as...

So I'm perusing this article on Boston.com that starts with this paragraph: :jaw-dropp I desperately need someone to reply and make sense of that. In what alternate universe would those deaths, injuries and financial cost (that's clearly not over yet) be worth it?? How many hungry could...

Does the Iraqi government secretly dislike or resent US foreign policy? Despite the billions spent in liberation and reconstruction there are two recent signs that the new Iraq is not a fan of the US. 1. The refusal to provide immunity to allow any US forces to remain in Iraq. As I...

From her interview on "Meet the Press:" She's totally gaga.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/21/world/meast/iraq-us-troops/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 I hope that they can stand on their own. But, from my discussions with the people over there, they think that the country will be overrun by insurgents when the US leaves. I truly hope that is not the case.

I saw an interesting juxtaposition of articles on CNN: Panetta vowing to get immunity for US troops in Iraq protecting them from criminal prosecution by that host country (despite the fact that Iraq is unwilling to grant it)...

In 2000 I had campaigned for Al Gore most enthusiastically. In November I was distraught over the election results. So how weird was it that three years later I found myself at a rally surrounded by people I had always considered to be my enemy. Yes, I was a liberal that was in favor of...

although this refers to british interest in iraqi oil previous to the invasion, i have always believed that oil was the reason for the iraq war. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html Plans to exploit Iraq's oil...

Amazing discussion and some pretty amazing statements from both parties here. What are your thoughts? link to TDS website

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/defector-admits-wmd-lies-iraq-war "Maybe I was right, maybe I was not right," he said. "They gave me this chance. I had the chance to fabricate something to topple the regime. I wonder if Bush & Co. even attempted to verify these claims...

doubtless, many will discount this as just more lies from lefties. truth hurts. Dismantling the Iraqi State, Destroying an Entire Country Destroying Iraqi culture, erasing collective memory By Dirk Adriaensens URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21781 Global...

Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima' This story has not attracted any US media coverage to my knowledge..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101101/ts_nm/us_iraq_violence Thanks to the "liberation" of Iraq, and the lawlessness and anarchy that followed, hundreds of thousands of greatful Iraqi people have been "liberated", including 52 more this weekend. Luckily, their "liberation" took place in a...

Words cannot express my feelings about this :mad: http://www.theage.com.au/world/politicians-bloody-background-20101027-173sk.html?autostart=1 Snipped for compliance with Rule 4. Please do not copy & paste lengthy tracts of text available elsewhere. Instead, post a short quote and a link to the...

I know A LOT of CTer's love to push that 9/11 was a set up so GWB could start a war and all that crap. I was reading something on Wiki that got me thinking: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax_attacks (hilights are mine, obviously) Here we have something that [erroneously] links the...

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/09/why-bob-woodwards-new-book-should-scare.html I suggest Mr "we can absorb a terrorist attack" is still Stuck On Stupid. :D And so is CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20017327-503544.html :D

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882304575465721991599994.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_opinion I think the answer is an obvious no, since we would have already squandered the one opportunity to stop him. By 2004 UN sanctions would have ended (afterall, the inspectors were giving him...

I cant tell you how many times I have heard from ignorant people that there is "No way I can be deployed to Iraq because the last troops have already left!" This infuriates me. But what infuriates me even more is when the news downplays the role that we are still taking in Iraq. For example...

An excellent but highly confronting (all supporters of the Iraq war should watch it!) report into the aftermath of Fallujah. Rather than going into the inevitable debate about DU, my question to those who say DU is harmless; if not DU, then what is causing this epidemic of birth defects and...

"The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which left Iraq this week, was the final U.S. combat brigade to be pulled out of the country, fulfilling the Obama administration's pledge to end the U.S. combat mission by the end of August. About 50,000 U.S. troops will remain in Iraq, mainly as...

Despite the fact that our "combat mission" is now officially over... Considerable violence continues apace. The very destructive attack today on potential army recruits is just part of a continuing pattern.... Seems that on a weekly basis at least we hear of yet another bombing, many of which...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/toxic-legacy-of-us-assault-on-fallujah-worse-than-hiroshima-2034065.html That last is, apparently, because girls have two X chromosomes, while boys have only one and a Y. But I've not been able to find a reference to a change in sex ratio at...

Interesting testimony yesterday at the inquiry into the Iraqi invasion. And this isn't just a back office civil servant, this was the former head of MI5 making the claim. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10698820 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10693001 Many people have made...

http://collateralmurder.org/ According to Wikileaks, this is a LEAK: Cover-up of murder of civilians and journalists through US forces in Iraq. Video showing murder of Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists. Uncut version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik Short version...

Just imagine you can go back in time from now to around mid March of 2003 and it were up to you to decide whether America went through with an invasion of Iraq. Would you still do it? Please vote and explain in a post as well. I know many people probably feel the obvious answer is "no", but...

Really. What? It's cost millions upon millions of pounds. It is simply rehashing over stuff that we already know. It has put a procession of professional liars on the stand (Campbell, Goldsmith, Blair), who have very accomplishedly avoided saying anything remarkable. It's a complete and...