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20 Years After The Iraq War, The Truth Still Suffers
Iraq today has competitive elections, but it is not "free." Its democratic governance is impeded by corruption, weak institutions, and militias.
Iraq Lacks Key Freedoms, and No Redemption For U.S. War Hawks
March 29, 2023—In the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war, the atmosphere in Washington, D.C. was like a giant groupthink exercise. Most people knew it was an illegal war and the Bush administration's claims about chemical weapons were shaky at best. But they dared not counter the president's position.
President George W. Bush had a "freedom agenda," and that agenda made him susceptible to treachery and manipulation. His administration became convinced that Iraq held weapons of mass destruction, and they became determined to make that belief become a truth that needed to be corrected....
