by Jacob G. Hornberger, The Future of Freedom Foundation, May 3, 2010
How often have we heard proponents of the unlawful war of aggression against Iraq say that the real purpose of their invasion (after U.S. troops and the CIA failed to find those infamous and scary WMDs that were about to fired at the United States) was to bring freedom and democracy to Iraq? How many times have they attempted to justify the deaths of almost 4,400 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis on that basis? How often have they reminded us that Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who tortured, killed, and jailed his own people?
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Hornberger: Revisiting Freedom in Iraq
by Jacob G. Hornberger, The Future of Freedom Foundation, May 3, 2010
How often have we heard proponents of the unlawful war of aggression against Iraq say that the real purpose of their invasion (after U.S. troops and the CIA failed to find those infamous and scary WMDs that were about to fired at the United States) was to bring freedom and democracy to Iraq? How many times have they attempted to justify the deaths of almost 4,400 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis on that basis? How often have they reminded us that Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who tortured, killed, and jailed his own people?
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Tags: Jacob G. Hornberger, United States, US soldiers in Iraq, US supported Saddam Hussein, war of aggression against Iraq
This entry was posted on May 2, 2010 at 7:57 pm and is filed under Commentary, Iraq, Uncategorized, US policy, war. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.