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Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? The Debate at 20 Years
- NoRelToEmber 3y agoMore information on this topic, though perhaps not on the "why", but the "how", specifically, "how the public was tricked to go along with it", which included endorsing known-bogus intelligence: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/06/mi6-stood-by-bogus-intelligence-until-after-iraq-invasion https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/06/mi6-stood-by... Calling dissent anti-Semitic: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/02/18/toxic-talk-on-war/5d267a99-ed55-4903-9ac6-622a3cd38c3e/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/02/18/t... And the now classic: phony appeals to humanitarianism: https://www.haaretz.com/2003-04-03/ty-article/white-mans-burden/0000017f-e398-d804-ad7f-f3fa5d520000 https://www.haaretz.com/2003-04-03/ty-article/white-mans-bur...