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#Iraq War Impact

+ Destabilized Iraq for nearly two decades, leading to the rise of #ISIS
+ Killed approximately 600,000 Iraqis (direct and indirect deaths)
+ Cost the #US over $2 trillion and resulted in 4,400+ #American #military deaths
+ Created power vacuum that Iran filled, ironically strengthening #IRAN regional influence
+ Fractured the international coalition and damaged U.S. credibility
#welldone #bush #bushjunior

bs2Feb 3, 2023
> A Bush aide (later identified as key adviser #KarlRove)... disparaged #EvidenceBasedReality, though in his case by favoring facts created not through faith but power. As he so resonantly explained to those stuck “in what we call the #RealityBasedCommunity”:
'... We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality... We’re history’s actors… and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.'
https://tomdispatch.com/rebecca-gordon-confronting-alternative-facts/
#TomDispatch #RebeccaGordan #BushJunior #OnBullshit?
A Twenty-First-Century Incredibility Chasm

In one of the Bible stories about the death of Jesus, local collaborators with the Roman Empire haul him before Pontius Pilate, the imperial governor of Palestine. Although the situation is dire for

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