Iraq’s Climate Crisis
America's War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl.
America's War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl.
By Anthony DiMaggio / CounterPunch Marking the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, The New York Times ran a feature-length article titled, “20 Years On, a Question Lingers…
The war claimed more than lives and treasure — it claimed a future’s worth of lost opportunities. Now, younger generations are demanding them back.
One year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes.
The case to invade Iraq on March 19, 2003 was based on an NIE that was prepared not to determine the truth, but rather to “justify” preemptive war, when there…
It’s not just that media figures who sold the most devastating war crime of the 21st century never faced any professional consequences—they’re more powerful and influential now than ever.
Regime change, not disarmament, was always the driving factor behind U.S. policy towards Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in the Middle East, and who seek a world dominated by U.S. power, must be held…
The clip from the 2007 documentary "War Made Easy" displays the media's attempt at manufacturing consent for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The AUMFs have long been used as justification for further military action even after the U.S.’s supposed withdrawal.
Part One: The Script for the Lead-Up to War