Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq invasion, when the United States launched missile attacks on Iraq.
The next day, the ground war began. So that means that this still marks the 20th anniversary of that war. Hard to believe that it has really been that long.
One of the most prominent dissenting voices on the left during that time was Dennis Kucinich, the former Mayor of Cleveland, and also a former member of the House of Representatives. He was one of the most honest and vocal prominent voices opposed to the war, which turned out to be a disaster in the end.
Many people - particularly those "super patriot" types - tried to intimidate those who stood opposed to the Iraq war. Given how disastrously that war ended up going, perhaps we would be well served to remember that the best time to actually debate the merits of such a drastic action as plunging into a war to begin with is before we commit to fighting one.
Below is a link to an article by Kucinich written for this 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, which should stand as one of the greatest foreign policy debacles in modern American history.
Dennis Kucinich: Iraq Plus 20 – Lies as Weapons of Mass Destruction Part One: by Dennis Kucinich / Substack, March 15, 2023:
https://scheerpost.com/2023/03/15/dennis-kucinich-iraq-plus-20-lies-as-weapons-of-mass-destruction/
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