-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 rocked relations with France’s top ally and weakened the Atlantic alliance. Angry Americans poured Bordeaux wine into the gutter and restaurants renamed French fries “freedom fries” in retaliation. . ..…
The American manager of these discussions—the well-respected former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad—tentatively arranged for a complete American withdrawal from Afghanistan if the Taliban would promise not to tolerate any part of..…
While American forces achieved that goal, the power vacuum left by the removal of Hussein led to the unleashing of Islamic terrorists Iraq, including ISIS.. no doubt killing ISIS fighters holed up there, the successful attack highlights the presence of American military that..…
This newspaper functions as a clearinghouse for unquestioned, unexamined dispatches from within the American intelligence apparatus. Its role in promoting the Bush administration’s lies about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was not an aberration, but its modus operandi. . ..…
Similarly, the unwillingness of Obama administration to investigate hold Bush and Cheney accountable for lying to American people about Iraq and committing war crimes emboldens Trump when it comes to the possibility of war with Iran or Venezuela. ..…
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