Russia's War Echoes U.S. Invasion Of Iraq

[L. Coyote]

Mehdi Hasan takes a deep dive into the 2003 invasion of Iraq to see how it compares to Russia’s war in Ukraine, and what both Russia and the United States can learn from the past.

[RKP5637]

1. Very reminiscent! n/t

[heckles65]

2. Yes, but one difference?

When I protested the war on the steps of the West Virginia state capitol, I didn't have to worry about some FBI thugs leaping out of a van and hauling me away.

[L. Coyote]

4. Saddam wasn't an anti-corruption liberal in a democratic society, he purged minorities.

Not that those factors made the Bush/Cheney war crimes an less culpable.

[FreepFryer]

5. In one case a democratic republic is invaded. In the other, an authoritarian regime. Big diff imho