Trump 2.0 is exposing American exceptionalism for what it is – and has always been (The Guardian)

Guantánamo Bay? Imperialism? Alliances with billionaires? Those shocked at the president’s early moves have forgotten what came before.

The danger comes from assuming that Trumpism comes out of nowhere.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/03/donald-trump-american-exceptionalism-guantanamo-bay-imperialism-billionaires

#us #united_states #politics #democracy #state_of_law #guantanamo #immigrants #billionaires #imperialism #iraq_war #war_on_terror

Trump 2.0 is exposing American exceptionalism for what it is – and has always been

Guantánamo Bay? Imperialism? Alliances with billionaires? Those shocked at the president’s early moves have forgotten what came before, writes Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian
New York Times, Fresh Out Of Mirrors, Tries To Solve Why US Invaded Iraq Whodunnit!

They're all trying to find the guy who did this.

Wonkette
Tony Blair did war crime. He should be in the Hague. #iraq_war
Are Neocons Who Invaded Iraq Doing 'Blitzkriegs' To Trans People's Bodies? Tucker And Charlie Kirk Discuss!

Here's a thing while we wait for Kevin McCarthy to fail more!

Wonkette
The Politics of Justifying Force: The Suez Crisi, the Iraq War, and International Law
(2013) : Charlotte Peevers
isbn: 978-0-19-968695-7
#international_relations #iraq #iraq_war #just_war #justification #suez_crisis #use_of_force
#my_bibtex
Torture in Iraq \& the Rule of Law in America
(2004) : Sanford Levinson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/0011526041504579
#USA #abu_ghraib #iraq #iraq_war #law #philosophy #rule_of_law #torture
#my_bibtex
Torture in Iraq & the rule of law in America

MIT Press

15 Years Later: How U.K. Whistleblower Katharine Gun Risked Everything to Leak Damning Iraq War Memo - Invidious
https://invidio.us/watch?v=CWtIu7mbnbM

British whistleblower whose attempts to expose lies about the Iraq invasion was called "the most important and courageous leak" in history by acclaimed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.

#Democracy_Now #democracynow.org #Iraq_War #NSA #GCHQ #whistleblowers

15 Years Later: How U.K. Whistleblower Katharine Gun Risked Everything to Leak Damning Iraq War Memo

We speak with a British whistleblower whose attempts to expose lies about the Iraq invasion was called