Iraq War

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  12/22/2020
  

  Reflections on Vietnam and Iraq: The Lessons of Two Failed Wars

  by Andrew Bacevich

  Although the prospects for quickly turning around the ship seem dim, this has been an election year ending in zero, which has often signaled a turning point. The question is, in which direction. 

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• SOURCE: Texas Monthly
  9/20/2020
  

  Are We Ready to Rehabilitate George W. Bush’s Reputation?

  by Andrew R. Graybill

  The presidency of Donald Trump has allowed supporters of George W. Bush to push for a reevaluation of a man who left office with historically high unfavorability ratings. A SMU professor digs into recent books by way of evaluating whether Dubya will get a raw deal from history.

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• SOURCE: War on the Rocks
  9/1/2020
  

  Opening Up New Avenues to Understanding the Path to War in Iraq

  by Joseph Stieb

  National security historian Joseph Stieb reviews journalist Robert Draper's account of the drive to war against Iraq in 2003, concluding that Draper explains how the principals built a case for war out of selectively embroidered intelligence, but not why war appeared as a positive option or much of the American political establishment got on board. 

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• SOURCE: Vox
  8/27/2020
  

  Those who Like Government Least Govern Worst

  Both George W. Bush and Donald Trump represent a Republican Party soaked in contempt for, and mistrust of, the federal government. When you don’t respect, or even like, the institution you lead, you lead it poorly. When that institution is incredibly, globally important — as the US government is — leading it poorly can invite global catastrophe.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/12/2020
  

  Regrets? Even Brent Scowcroft Had a Few

  In an oral history released after his death, the former national security adviser revealed a few key moments in which his ideas failed in the war against Saddam Hussein.    

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  8/4/2020
  

  The Never Trumpers Have Already Won

  by Samuel Moyn

  Never Trump's historic role turns out to be not among Republicans so far, but within a Democratic Party whose members have chosen to convert enemies into friends, setting up a guardrail against the capture of their party by the left.

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  8/2/2020
  

  Missing in Action: Accountability Is Gone in America

  by Karen J. Greenberg

  A crucial part of the history of the neoconservative invasion of Iraq and the use of torture in the War on Terror is the utter lack of accountability or consequence for the people who made those decisions. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/10/19
  

  Military Leaders Fear They’ve Seen This Before. It Ended in the Iraq War.

  The last time the United States abandoned allies in the Middle East, military officials say, it helped lead to the Iraq war.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  5/15/19
  

  Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War

  by Juan Cole

  An informative look. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  1/17/19
  

  Army Releases a Critical History of the War in Iraq

  The history, which totals more than 1,300 pages, now is posted on the U.S. Army War College website, along with more than 1,000 declassified documents that were used in the research.

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• 6/17/18
  

  A Staggeringly Well-Funded Blowback Machine

  by Tom Engelhardt

  The U.S. military has taken us through the gates of hell.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3-20-18
  

  The Iraq War and the Inevitability of Ignorance

  by James Fallows

  The U.S. is destined to keep overlearning the lessons of the last conflict.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  3-17-18
  

  How American High Schools Teach The Iraq War

  It’s hard to teach history that isn’t quite history yet.

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• SOURCE: Pew Research Center
  3-19-18
  

  43% of Americans still think the Iraq War was a good idea

  While both Republicans and Democrats were more supportive of the war initially than they are today, the partisan gap is roughly the same as it was then.

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• SOURCE: NY Magazine
  11-14-17
  

  Beware the Bush Family Image-Rehab Machine

  by Sam Tanenhaus

  Compared with Trump the Bushes are stellar.  But they lied too.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  7-6-17
  

  Chilcot: Tony Blair was not 'straight with the nation' over Iraq war

  Head of Iraq inquiry says he does not believe former PM was clear enough about his decisions in the run-up to war.

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• 4-2-17
  

  Three Times When We Blundered into War

  by David R. Contosta

  Why it’s necessary to remember where and when we went wrong before.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  9-7-16
  

  Desert, Storm

  by Paul A. Kramer

  The Bush administration thought an elective war would make America safer. Then Katrina hit. The untold story of the Iraq war’s toll on New Orleans.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  8-11-16
  

  Retired Colonel William Astore says the military needs to embrace dissent

  by William J. Astore

  This is especially needed now that victory is elusive in wars that cost trillions.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  7-19-16
  

  The Chilcot Report: Bush Ignored Numerous Warnings Before Invading Iraq

  The British report demolishes one of the certainties of some opponents of the Iraq War: that Bush lied his way into war.