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==About==
 
The [[US-Iraq War]], commonly referred to as The Iraq War, has its roots in an apparent wish of US president [[George W. Bush]] to invade [[Iraq]], which he expressed as early as the Fall of 1999: "One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief... My father had all this political capital built up when he [[Gulf War|drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait]] and he wasted it... If I have a chance to invade, if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it."
 
The [[US-Iraq War]], commonly referred to as The Iraq War, has its roots in an apparent wish of US president [[George W. Bush]] to invade [[Iraq]], which he expressed as early as the Fall of 1999: "One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief... My father had all this political capital built up when he [[Gulf War|drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait]] and he wasted it... If I have a chance to invade, if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it."
  
 
When the [[2001-09-11 attacks]] on the {{USA}} occurred, Bush clearly saw that event as a kind of "instant political capital", and seized his opportunity to push through an invasion while the American people and their elected representatives were unlikely to question his undocumented [[US justifications for invading Iraq|justifications]], most of which turned out later to be false (and some of which he knew to be false at the time), nor to notice that he had not in fact met the requirements set by Congress when they provisionally authorized the war.
 
When the [[2001-09-11 attacks]] on the {{USA}} occurred, Bush clearly saw that event as a kind of "instant political capital", and seized his opportunity to push through an invasion while the American people and their elected representatives were unlikely to question his undocumented [[US justifications for invading Iraq|justifications]], most of which turned out later to be false (and some of which he knew to be false at the time), nor to notice that he had not in fact met the requirements set by Congress when they provisionally authorized the war.
  
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The war officially began in 2003 with the [[US invasion of Iraq]]; the invasion phase officially ended on 2003-05-01, with Bush's arrival on the USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' and the infamous "[[Mission Accomplished (Iraq)|Mission Accomplished]]" banner. The US has continued to [[US occupation of Iraq|occupy]] Iraq despite mounting costs in both dollars and lives and despite growing opposition both within the US and internationally.
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The war officially began in 2003 with the [[US invasion of Iraq]]; the invasion phase officially ended on 2003-05-01, with Bush's arrival on the USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' and the infamous "[[George W. Bush/mission accomplished|Mission Accomplished]]" banner. The US has continued to [[US occupation of Iraq|occupy]] Iraq despite mounting costs in both dollars and lives and despite growing opposition both within the US and internationally.
  
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The [[endless war|ongoing "war"]] in Iraq, with its vaguely-defined and diffuse enemy ("terrorists"), is a companion peace to Bush's [[war on terror]], successor to the [[war on drugs]] which had more or less reached the end of its political usefulness. They are both used as a dependable excuse, swallowed only by the very gullible, to continue [[Bush's elevation of presidential power|excessive]], [[Corruption in the Bush administration|corrupt]], and [[Bush's impeachable offenses|illegal]] government activities (including [[torture during GWB administration|torture]]) without oversight or responsibility. The occupation itself continues to claim lives and run up costs (and a budget deficit) now in the trillions of dollars, with inescapable and devastating long-term effects on the [[US economy]].
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The [[endless war|ongoing "war"]] in Iraq, with its vaguely-defined and diffuse enemy ("[[terrorist]]s"), is a companion peace to Bush's [[war on terror]], successor to the [[war on drugs]] which had more or less reached the end of its political usefulness. They are both used as a dependable excuse, swallowed only by the very gullible, to continue [[Bush's elevation of presidential power|excessive]], [[Corruption in the Bush administration|corrupt]], and [[Bush's impeachable offenses|illegal]] government activities (including [[torture during GWB administration|torture]]) without oversight or responsibility. The occupation itself continues to claim lives and run up costs (and a budget deficit) now in the trillions of dollars, with inescapable and devastating long-term effects on the [[US economy]].
  
 
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===Reference===
 
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* Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Iraq War|Iraq War]]
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* Wikipedia: {{l/wp|Iraq War}}
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** {{l/wp|Iraq Inquiry}} (a.k.a. the Chilcot Report)
 
* Mother Jones: [http://www.motherjones.com/bush_war_timeline/ Lie by Lie: The Mother Jones Iraq War Timeline (8/1/90 - 6/21/03)]
 
* Mother Jones: [http://www.motherjones.com/bush_war_timeline/ Lie by Lie: The Mother Jones Iraq War Timeline (8/1/90 - 6/21/03)]
 
* [http://dir.salon.com/topics/iraq/ Iraq editorials at Salon.com]
 
* [http://dir.salon.com/topics/iraq/ Iraq editorials at Salon.com]
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===Filed Links===
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===Projects===
 
* [http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ AfterDowningStreet.org]: "nonpartisan coalition ...[working]... to pressure both Congress and the media to investigate whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war"
 
* [http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ AfterDowningStreet.org]: "nonpartisan coalition ...[working]... to pressure both Congress and the media to investigate whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war"
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* [http://www.ivaw.org/ Iraq Veterans Against the War] (IVAW)
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** [http://www.ivaw.org/faq Why we're against the war]
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** '''2008-03-19''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxGX4QdURCo IVAW seizes National Archives Building] (video)
 
===Articles===
 
===Articles===
 
* '''2007-01-22''' "The Iraq War and the Sicilian Campaign" by Brent T. Ranalli, [http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5914 Part I] and [http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5926 Part II]: a [[history lesson]] from 415 BC, in which Athens, a "superpower" of the day, was ultimately destroyed by over-investment in an ill-considered war
 
* '''2007-01-22''' "The Iraq War and the Sicilian Campaign" by Brent T. Ranalli, [http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5914 Part I] and [http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5926 Part II]: a [[history lesson]] from 415 BC, in which Athens, a "superpower" of the day, was ultimately destroyed by over-investment in an ill-considered war

Latest revision as of 23:27, 10 July 2016

The US-Iraq War

About

The US-Iraq War, commonly referred to as The Iraq War, has its roots in an apparent wish of US president George W. Bush to invade Iraq, which he expressed as early as the Fall of 1999: "One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief... My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it... If I have a chance to invade, if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it."

When the 2001-09-11 attacks on the United States occurred, Bush clearly saw that event as a kind of "instant political capital", and seized his opportunity to push through an invasion while the American people and their elected representatives were unlikely to question his undocumented justifications, most of which turned out later to be false (and some of which he knew to be false at the time), nor to notice that he had not in fact met the requirements set by Congress when they provisionally authorized the war.

The war officially began in 2003 with the US invasion of Iraq; the invasion phase officially ended on 2003-05-01, with Bush's arrival on the USS Abraham Lincoln and the infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner. The US has continued to occupy Iraq despite mounting costs in both dollars and lives and despite growing opposition both within the US and internationally.

The ongoing "war" in Iraq, with its vaguely-defined and diffuse enemy ("terrorists"), is a companion peace to Bush's war on terror, successor to the war on drugs which had more or less reached the end of its political usefulness. They are both used as a dependable excuse, swallowed only by the very gullible, to continue excessive, corrupt, and illegal government activities (including torture) without oversight or responsibility. The occupation itself continues to claim lives and run up costs (and a budget deficit) now in the trillions of dollars, with inescapable and devastating long-term effects on the US economy.

Links

Reference

Filed Links

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Projects

Articles

  • 2007-01-22 "The Iraq War and the Sicilian Campaign" by Brent T. Ranalli, Part I and Part II: a history lesson from 415 BC, in which Athens, a "superpower" of the day, was ultimately destroyed by over-investment in an ill-considered war

Opinion

News

Humor

  • 2007-05-17 I Drew This: some people warned the Bush supporters that invading Iraq would be a bad idea. The Bush supporters did it anyway, and then declared victory when there had hardly been enough time to see how things were going to shape up. Then, when the situation finally blew up in their faces, the Bush supporters blamed the nay-sayers for being defeatist.
  • Apple Presents the iRack from MadTV
  • We Want Iraq (originally written for the 1991 Gulf War)
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