BAGHDAD, Iraq — Monday will mark the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War. Much of Washington follows John Kerry’s lead: They were with it until they were against it. Beltway wisdom is that President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq and oust dictator Saddam Hussein was a strategic disaster.
lead: They were with it until they were against it. Beltway wisdom is that President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq and oust dictator Saddam Hussein was a strategic disaster.
Nor is it fair to blame the United States for a million deaths in Iraq. U.S. forces did not kill 1 million Iraqis; insurgents and Iranian-backed militias did. To absolve these forces and bash America, which sought to counter such terrorism and protect Iraqis, is backward. The implied policy prescription: Abandoning Iraqis to local versions of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Islamic State, or other Islam-tinged Khmer Rouge-like groups would be morally obtuse.
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