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Bush Wars See other Bush Wars Articles Title: The 20th anniversary of the Iraq war also marks a colossal failure of the mainstream media
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Los Angeles Times
URL Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/sto ... edia-knight-ridder-george-bush
Published: Mar 27, 2023
Author: Robin Abcarian
Post Date: 2023-03-27 21:57:38 by Charles_Byrd
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Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, toppling the despot Saddam Hussein and fomenting a kind of hell that Iraq is still grappling with today. Twenty years ago, this countrys mainstream media with one notable exception bought into phony Bush administration claims about Husseins stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, helping cheerlead our nation into a conflict that ended the lives of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. The war along with criminally poor post-war planning on the part of Bush administration officials also unleashed horrible sectarian strife, led to the emergence of ISIS and displaced more than 1 million Iraqis. Click for Full Text! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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