Friday, September 10, 2010

a lay-back friday in america

(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: The U.S. Army, Kevin Dooley, Andrea Campi)


Iraq: The Democrats' War
Friday 10 September 2010
by: Stephen Zunes, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed


"With all the attention on the supposed withdrawal of US combat forces, it is important to acknowledge the forces that got us into this tragic conflict in the first place. It was not just George W. Bush.... The responsibility for the deaths of over 4,400 American soldiers, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, the waste of nearly one trillion dollars of our national treasury and the rise of terrorism and Islamist extremism that has come as a result of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq rests as much in the hands of the members in Congress who authorized the invasion as it does with the administration that requested the lawmakers' approval." (Read More)

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