Ottawa, Canada
It will be difficult for Americans to remember the lesson of Iraq, because
they don't experience the consequences, or don't connect them to the invasion.
The financial cost is hidden by cooking the books. The cost of US lives lost
or maimed is limited due to better war-making technology and the all-volunteer
army. The cost of so much death and destruction in the Middle East was hidden
at first by political control of... Show more
Ottawa, Canada
It will be difficult for Americans to remember the lesson of Iraq, because
they don't experience the consequences, or don't connect them to the invasion.
The financial cost is hidden by cooking the books. The cost of US lives lost
or maimed is limited due to better war-making technology and the all-volunteer
army. The cost of so much death and destruction in the Middle East was hidden
at first by political control of the press (""embedded"" reporters) and
cheerleading media, and more recently by loss of interest. I'm looking at you,
too, New York Times.
I don’t think we have faced a reckoning over this one. Fifteen years later it
continues, and we are flirting with opportunities to launch even more
invasions. John Bolton. Really?
The invasion of Iraq may turn out to be even more consequential that the
debacle in Vietnam. Not in American lives lost, maybe, but in lost
international credibility, abandoned principals, distorted politics, wasted
money, wasted opportunity, Middle East regional instability, shifting balance
of power and more. And it is not over.
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