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Archives: Iraq War
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Surging Trump’s America: What didn’t work in Baghdad won’t work in Washington
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com | - - The other day, I found myself flipping through old photos from my time in Iraq. One in particular from October 2006 stood out.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/bacevichamericaswar-180x137.jpg)
Did David Brooks & the NeoCons pave the Way for Trump?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Apart from being a police officer, firefighter, or soldier engaged in one of this nation’s endless wars, writing a column for…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/ghostriders_hc-180x137.jpg)
The Misuse of American Military Power and Mideast Chaos
By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - The United States has already lost -- its war for the Middle East, that is. Having taken my own crack at combat soldiering in…![A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal: In Memoriam](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/a-gwen-ifill-interview-with-juan-187x137.jpg)
A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal: In Memoriam
Gwen Ifill/ Juan Cole | (PBS NewsHour) | - - Gwen Ifill, long-time co-anchor of the PBS Newshour, is dead at 61, after a battle with cancer. She was an expert interviewer,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/Rt_Hon_Anthony_Eden_MP-718x960-1-187x137.jpg)
60 Years later, Suez Crisis looks a lot like Iraq War
By Nigel Ashton | (The Conversation) | - - Does history repeat itself? Never perfectly or precisely, but some of the parallels between Anthony Eden’s handling of the 1956 Suez Crisis and…![Iraq: Bush DoD paid PR Firm millions to Plant fake I.S. Videos, False Stories](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/iraq-bush-dod-paid-pr-firm-milli-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Bush DoD paid PR Firm millions to Plant fake I.S. Videos, False Stories
By Crofton Black and Abigail Fielding-Smith | ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism ) | - - The Pentagon gave a controversial UK PR firm over half a billion dollars to run…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/spend-1-trillion-1-187x137.png)
What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A Boston U. political scientist estimates that as of 2016, The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have cost the American taxpayers $5 trillion. That…![Why you can’t explain the Iraq War without mentioning oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/why-you-cant-explain-the-iraq-wa-1-187x137.jpg)
Why you can’t explain the Iraq War without mentioning oil
By Bulent Gökay | (The Conversation) | - - Well before the US and UK led the invasion of Iraq, the two countries were under suspicion about their intentions for Iraq’s oil.…![The other Casualty of Iraq War: The Country’s Whole Health System](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/the-other-casualty-of-iraq-war-t-1-187x137.jpg)
The other Casualty of Iraq War: The Country’s Whole Health System
Ahmed Aber | (The Conversation) | - - Thirteen years ago, American and British troops launched Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Iraqis were promised freedom from tyranny, but the subsequent destruction of the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/519Ph5EIZZL._SX331_BO1204203200_-1-187x137.jpg)
Surprise! It was a War Crime
By Rebecca Gordon | (Informed Comment) | - - So now it’s official. The British Chilcot Report confirms what the world has known for 13 years: the invasion of Iraq was a…![The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/the-iraq-war-never-ended-an-inte-187x137.jpg)
The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal
An Interview with Anand Gopal by Charles Davis | ( TeleSur) | - - The United States is winning the war on terror, just as it always has. The Islamic State group…![Int’l Criminal Court Won’t Investigate Blair but Might Prosecute Soldiers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/intl-criminal-court-wont-investi-187x137.jpg)
Int’l Criminal Court Won’t Investigate Blair but Might Prosecute Soldiers
TeleSur | - - The Hague says it is not in its mandate to prosecue Blair, but may use the long-awaited Chilcot report to prosecute British soldiers for malfeasance. With the long-anticipated…![The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/the-iraq-war-never-ended-an-inte-187x137.jpg)
The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal
By Charles Davis | ( TeleSur | - - The U.S. is at war with the same extremist group it claimed to have defeated five years ago, and it’s relying on sectarian…![The Evil Genie U.S. Let Out of Bottle in Iraq Continues His Rampage](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/the-evil-genie-u-s-let-out-of-bo-187x137.jpg)
The Evil Genie U.S. Let Out of Bottle in Iraq Continues His Rampage
By Russ Wellen | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - As time passes, whatever responsibility Americans took for atrocities in Iraq, which are ongoing, has almost completely disappeared. The word…![Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria: Should We?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/senators-mccain-lindsay-want-to-187x137.jpg)
Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria: Should We?
By Brian Glyn Williams (Informed Comment) - - In light of the recent terror attack in Paris by a group of predominantly French/E.U. Muslim citizens, President Obama has faced an increasing chorus…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/map-provinces3--187x137.png)
2003: Iraqi Governors who did not want Americans in their Country
"Could we have a prudent pause?"![How a Web of Lies hoodwinked the American Public and delivered Iraq to ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/how-a-web-of-lies-hoodwinked-the-187x137.jpg)
How a Web of Lies hoodwinked the American Public and delivered Iraq to ISIL
By Bryan Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | - - Last week one of the major architects in the construction of the Iraqi WMD myth, Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, died of heart…![Bush Sr. Blames Neocons for Ruining W.’s Presidency: Is he Warning Jeb?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/bush-sr-blames-neocons-for-ruini-187x137.jpg)
Bush Sr. Blames Neocons for Ruining W.’s Presidency: Is he Warning Jeb?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In interviews given for a new biography, George H. W. Bush, 91 lets loose against Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, whom he clearly…![Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and the wider fallout from the Iraq invasion](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701035428im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/al-qaeda-isis-and-the-wider-fall-187x137.jpg)