There are many aspects of the Iraq War which will not be soon forgotten. The idiotic statements of Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush. Rupert Murdoch encouraging the invasion because the price of a barrel of oil would come down to US$20. Last week it hit US$110. The cost of the War would be between $US100,000 to $200,000 million. The estimated cost is now US$3 trillion. The tag "Shock and Awe" as the Coalition of the Willing [a silly name in itself] pounded Baghdad. And the people of Iraq did not welcome the Coalition in the streets as predicted.
It is 5 years this week that the War got underway.
"To mark this week’s fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the [NY Times] Op-Ed page asked nine experts on military and foreign affairs to reflect on their attitudes in the spring of 2003 and to comment on the one aspect of the war that most surprised them or that they wished they had considered in the prewar debate."
Read what various people, such as Paul Bremmer, have to say 5 years on......
It is 5 years this week that the War got underway.
"To mark this week’s fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the [NY Times] Op-Ed page asked nine experts on military and foreign affairs to reflect on their attitudes in the spring of 2003 and to comment on the one aspect of the war that most surprised them or that they wished they had considered in the prewar debate."
Read what various people, such as Paul Bremmer, have to say 5 years on......
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