Twenty years ago today, US and allied ground troops invaded Iraq. The “shock and awe” bombing campaign had started the day before.
What happened on March 20, 2003 wasn’t a “mistake.” It wasn’t well- intentioned but “unwise.” It was a calculated, premeditated crime perpetrated on a massive scale. Thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died in a war premised on transparently nonsensical lies.