Iraq +15: Accumulated Evil of the Whole
"Where the U.S. stands on this 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: in a war without end, without boundaries, without limits on time or geography."
"Where the U.S. stands on this 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: in a war without end, without boundaries, without limits on time or geography."
"No crime, however horrific, can justify wars on countries and people who were not responsible for the crime committed, as former Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz patiently explained to NPR at the time."
"On yesterday’s deadline, Trump dutifully issued an executive decree ordering at least three more years of official secrecy."
"Dookhan was paroled after three years and released from prison before the sentences of those she helped convict were vacated. Despite the clear wrongdoing, the state still fought against dismissing the tainted cases."
"There has never been an investigation into the Thai officials or agencies involved in the CIA’s covert detentions, which continued until at least 2004 and probably violated national laws."
"Shortly before the Waco showdown, U.S. government officials signed an international Chemical Weapons Convention treaty. But the treaty contained a loophole permitting governments to gas their own people."
"The same entities that are supposed to act as the 'Fourth Estate', holding the U.S. government accountable, blindly supported reports of a chemical attack that has yet to be verified."
"At a time when the war is almost won for Assad, he decided to re-ignite international calls for his ouster by senselessly murdering about the same number of civilians the Las Vegas Shooter killed. Seems logical, right?"
"The CIA organized its very first coup in Syria in 1949 to overthrow a democratically elected president and install a military dictator. The U.S. has never given up trying to determine who rules Syria, comments Caitlin Johnstone."
"The U.S. is officially fighting wars in seven countries, including Libya and Niger, according to an unclassified White House report sent to Congress this week and obtained by the New York Times."