The lesson of the Iraq invasion, launched 16 years ago today, is how easily the prospect of U.S. military action can go from absurd scheme to imminent reality, says Michael J. Mazarr
The tragedy of the Iraq invasion has done little to alter the factors that have led American leaders and the public into unwise military adventuresSixteen years ago today, the George W. Bush administration sent U.S.
forces crashing into Iraq without a real plan for what to do after defeating Saddam Hussein. It is easy to forget that moment’s fervent convictions about the Iraqi dictator’s supposed weapons of mass destruction and links to al Qaeda—and the calamity into which Iraq soon descended. It all seems to belong to another era. The debate today is more about how we got out of Iraq than how we got in.
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