This photo and ones like it are a large part of why people were saying "No, US, please don't go and invade Iraq on a whim". Just because the event has passed do

This photo and ones like it are a large part of why people were saying "No, US, please don't go and invade Iraq on a whim". Just because the event has passed does not mean that the information is relatively meaningless. If more people had've paid attention to this photo and its ilk, perhaps the US wouldn't have destroyed Iraq, and ISIS wouldn't be doing those atrocities of which you speak.