Kim“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” said US National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent, who just resigned over Iran war.
Gladwyn d’Souza#Transparency: The $2.9 trillion spent on the #ForeverWar in #Iraq in 2003 under the #FalsePretext of preventing Saddam Hussein from developing #WeaponsOfMassDestruction caused more than half a million deaths and jailed #Assange for reporting #CivilianMurders.
Blood and Treasure: Documenting the Costs of Iraq War from Civilian Casualties to Trillions Spent
With the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 20, we speak with Oxford University international relations professor Neta Crawford, who says the region is still reeling from the impact of the war. “The story continues. It’s not over,” she says. Crawford is co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University, where her latest report pegs the cost of U.S. wars in Iraq and Syria since 2003 at nearly $2.9 trillion. Since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 under the false pretext of preventing Saddam Hussein from developing weapons of mass destruction, more than half a million people have been killed in Iraq and Syria. Millions more were displaced or died from indirect causes like disease. “It wasn’t quick, it wasn’t easy, and it certainly wasn’t cost-free,” says Crawford.