Iraqis Still Pay the Price After Being Falsely Blamed for 9/11
US Troops Gone, But War Goes On
The 11th anniversary of 9/11 came and went relatively quietly. The phrase “9/11 changed everything” has gone from a political slogan to cash in on to a trite and in many ways obsolete proclamation. For Iraqis, it’s still true.
Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Yet the post-9/11 shift in American foreign policy and the Bush Administration’s false accusations of Iraqi involvement started nearly a decade of occupation and changed the face of Iraq forever.
On 9/11/2001 Iraq had virtually no terrorism. 9/11/2012-era Iraq has several terrorist attacks a day, and a death toll that is on the rise again after a short period of relative calm, as the fighting in Syria flares up the fighting in Iraq all over again.
The fighting in Iraq is sectarian in nature, and the terrorist groups have nothing to do with 9/11 either. But without that intervening incident, the US occupation may never have happened, and Iraq might not be one of the most violence-torn nations on the planet.
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davidgrayling
September 12th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Yeah, just like the Israelis, the Americans love to do the killing but can't handle reprisals.
Jason, I know Anti-War is an American publication but America is the world's principal warmonger! Surely as an insider, you can think of some other way to address the flaws in the American psyche other than trying to employ rational argument, laudable though that is.
There's no one listening in the White and the Pentagon or in Congress. They are all braindead, deranged by nonsense about being exceptional.
If Americans don't take drastic action to haul in their leadership, they will suffer dire consequences!
Dwain
September 13th, 2012 at 10:50 am
Iraq had a fairly stable government before America invaded. The infrastructure was sound and education was fee.
Dictators have been commonplace in the middle east for a long time. Saddam was not perfect but who are we to judge. At least the middle east prioritizes traditional family, morality, and religion unlike America. The US economy is about to implode which is why we are invading countries in the middle east. Its oil.
Mike
September 13th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
The maggots in The Imperial City are just power mad, sociopaths who could care less how many people they kill. It is most Americans that are completely brain dead as they endlessly vote in Tweedledee or Tweedledum into office.