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No rewriting history. The US decimated Iraq (literally) because Bush wanted to put thousands of angry teenagers and 20-somethings onto a battlefield for reveng
by ck2 3y ago
No rewriting history.
The US decimated Iraq (literally) because Bush wanted to put thousands of angry teenagers and 20-somethings onto a battlefield for revenge for 9/11 when it was the Saudis all along.
All the "intelligence" after that was reverse engineered to make that invasion and war happen.
- consumer451 3y ago> All the "intelligence" after that was reverse engineered to make that invasion and war happen. Agreed. Any article about "Desert Storm" which does not mention the Project for the New American Century [0], and the Office of Special Plans [1] is a greatly lacking piece of writing. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_C... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Special_Plans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Special_Plans
- vundercind 3y agoIt’s a pretty incredible case of a “conspiracy theory” that unfolded so publicly that it’s not even really a conspiracy or a theory. It’s just a bunch of public facts about some assholes saying they have some bad ideas for stuff they’d like to do for bad reasons, then gaining power, then doing them. It’s hardly a conspiracy if you publish exactly what you’re gonna do, then do it.
- consumer451 3y agoNext one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
- jonplackett 3y agoIraq wasn’t about revenge. They did Afghanistan for that. He (or at least Cheney) was plotting to invade Iraq before 911. It was just an excuse to do something they already wanted to do. And they knew full well Iraq had nothing to do with al qaeda or 911. They also knew they didn’t have WMD. Who would attack a county that could deliver WMD in 15 minutes or whatever that ludicrous claim was. Why do you think no-one’s talking about invading North Korea?
- Log_out_ 3y agoAnd he got them good. Iraq was the headstone of stability for the whole region.
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- pessimizer 3y ago> The US decimated Iraq (literally) because Bush wanted to put thousands of angry teenagers and 20-somethings onto a battlefield for revenge for 9/11 when it was the Saudis all along. This is the reasoning that they openly gave for invading Iraq. Taking it as the "history" is just accepting propaganda. The US knew full well that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. We immediately knew who was responsible, and in the aftermath went out of our way to protect our relationship with Saudi Arabia and to defend them to the US public. Also, countries don't do things out of "revenge," that's a soap opera view of international politics. Administrations might take advantage of mean girl style narratives in order to sell something they want to do to parts of the public, but you can't mistake emotional propaganda for material causes.