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When was the last time The Economist met a war it didn't like?

• paganel 5y ago
  I started reading it around 2005-2006, so just (relatively speaking) after the Iraq War had started (at that time, on paper, it still looked like a success), and I don't remember them being as partial to it as they are now when it comes to the West vs Russia. Granted, I wasn't reading them in the spring of 2003 when the invasion had indeed took place. Also, there was a despicable "interview" with Blair a few years ago out of which he got pretty much clean as a whistle when it came to the Iraq war, no ruffling the feathers or anything like that.
  • unmole 5y ago
    In 2003, they were championing the removal of Saddam by whatever means necessary. "Why war would be justified" ran the cover story: https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2003-02-22 https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2003-02-22