#iraqwar — Public Fediverse posts
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America’s Iran quagmire and the failure of strategic memory. #BenjaminNetanyahu #Block1 #DonaldTrump #HormuzBlockade #IranWar #IraqWar #JaredKushner #OperationEpicFury #Opinion #SteveWitkoff #USWarDeaths #USChinarivalry #USIsrael
https://iwpost.com/americas-iran-quagmire-and-the-failure-of-strategic-memory/?fsp_sid=7825 -
https://www.fogolf.com/1246750/breaking-phil-episode-8-hurry-up-and-wait-treetops-golf-resort-pros-vs-gi-joes/ Breaking Phil |Episode #8 | Hurry Up And Wait | Treetops Golf Resort | Pros Vs. GI Joes #AirForce #ARMY #Golf #GolfCourse #GolfCourses #GolfResort #GolfResorts #GWOT #IraqWar #MarineCorp #military #Navy #veterans #VeteransAffairs #YoutubeGolf
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Two imperial ventures at Kut al-Amara, one in the #GreatWar and another in the #IraqWar, reveal the similarities – and differences – in the exercise of power.
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/kut-losses-two-disasters-mesopotamia
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Two imperial ventures at Kut al-Amara, one in the #GreatWar and another in the #IraqWar, reveal the similarities – and differences – in the exercise of power.
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/kut-losses-two-disasters-mesopotamia
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Two imperial ventures at Kut al-Amara, one in the #GreatWar and another in the #IraqWar, reveal the similarities – and differences – in the exercise of power.
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/kut-losses-two-disasters-mesopotamia
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Two imperial ventures at Kut al-Amara, one in the #GreatWar and another in the #IraqWar, reveal the similarities – and differences – in the exercise of power.
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/kut-losses-two-disasters-mesopotamia
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Two imperial ventures at Kut al-Amara, one in the #GreatWar and another in the #IraqWar, reveal the similarities – and differences – in the exercise of power.
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/kut-losses-two-disasters-mesopotamia
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NATO’s internal cohesion is being threatened (again) – but in pushing for support on Iran, Trump may risk eroding US influence on the alliance. #AfghanistanWar #Alliance #ColdWar #Diplomacy #DonaldTrump #Greatpowers #internationalrelations #IranWar #IraqWar #Liberalworldorder #NATO #RussiaUkraine #StraitofHormuz #USIran #Viet...
https://iwpost.com/natos-internal-cohesion-is-being-threatened-again-but-in-pushing-for-support-on-iran-trump-may-risk-eroding-us-influence-on-the-alliance/?fsp_sid=7605 -
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a) #Trump is threatening #Italy with withdrawing #USSoldiers, because, if we stick to open source data, we realise that for the #IRANWar the #Meloni government has NOT provided #Trump with the full (and criminal) cooperation that #Berlusconi provided to #Bush for the #IRAQWar -
I just watched an episode of Masters of Horror called Homecoming directed by Joe Dante.
Almost all of Dante's movies are political but you often need to interpret. In 2005 he had something to say about the Iraq War and George W. Bush. This time there was no subtlety involved.
Homecoming is not great. If it had been purely black humor it might have worked better but it also tries to be sentimental which falls flat. As a political statement I love it.
If you want the spoiler summary ....
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2. back in 2003, for the #IRAQWar #Berlusconi granted #Bush:
-the deployment of 173rd Airborne Brigade from Vicenza to Northern Iraq (the largest air drop since WWII)
-the largest combat movement of C-17 in history from Italian soil
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"No friends but the mountains..."
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1995858/no-friends-but-the-mountains
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"No friends but the mountains..."
https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1995854/no-friends-but-the-mountains
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I appreciate you making that point, because I do agree the cost in lives matters. I would not have this war for that reason.
I was intending to speak narrowly of people's obsession with price, because I think many people complaining about the price WOULD accept casualties in exchange for their own comfort.
The climate issue itself ALSO has a cost in lives, of course. Sadly, many of those casualties would be seen as acceptable by far too many of us ... even if (though we never phrase it that way) our own children may bear that cost.
Denial abounds.
So I'm not even saying the Iranian people should pay that cost ahead of others on Climate, just that climate's a cost everyone will pay if we don't address this. It's easy to try and talk about this in terms of money, not lives, but money is just a proxy for priority. And many lives still hang in the balance in a variety of ways.
Sometimes I hear that we can't afford to do the things we need to do for climate because they're too expensive, which I hear as we needn't or mustn't prioritize this because money tells us that it's not a priority. And that's just not true. Once we get to talking like that, we need to talk about the fact that money is not even serving the societal purpose that it actually needs to.
As proof that I do in fact think of lives as well, I offer this cross-reference to my 2010 essay, The Cost. It illustrates another monetary issue, sadly also tied to the Middle East. But I mention it more because it offers another way to think about the relationship between money and lives in a slightly different way (complementary not competing) than you and I are doing here, by opportunity cost.
All of these different angles matter. And we need not to be nationalistic about these costs. Wars are rarely instigated by the ordinary people of any country. They are mostly indulgences of the Rich and powerful, adequately detached, able to think of lost lives as a budgetable expense because they and theirs are not part of that budget. The Draft was a scary concept, but it gave everyone a stake. Many were able to relax when we move to an "all volunteer" army. But they did not look closely at the dark reasons some are driven to volunteer. And war should not be something one can relax from.
The Cost (my 2010 essay on Iraq War cost)
https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2010/08/the-cost.html#climate #ClimateCost #cost #money #lives #TheDraft #war #gasoline #GasPrices #IranWar #IraqWar #OpportunityCost #HealthCare
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Where is Saddam Hussein when you need him?
#IranWar #endlessWars #TrumpAdministration #foreignPolicy #geopolitics #interventionism #Iran #Iraq #IraqWar #SaddamHussein #war
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‘When the knife came up through the pool table, audiences gasped’
Within six months of its launch in 2006, the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) produced a globe-conquering hit. Inspired by tragic events at Camp Dogwood in Iraq, Black Watch was a humane portrayal of young squaddies on the frontline.
In this article, the makers of the devastating drama recall how it grew and grew.
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #Iraq #IraqWar #BlackWatch
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Timur (1336) - Turco-Mongol Persianate conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Iran and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty.
Baghdad fell to U.S.-led forces on this day in 2003, several weeks after the start of the #IraqWar.
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The Trump Administration Had No Plan for the War with Iran
Editor’s Note: War on the Rocks is running “for” and “against” articles on the war with Iran by…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Iran #Iranwar2026 #IraqWar #UnitedStates
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Addressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the president said oil prices “have not gone up as much as I thought, Scott, to be honest with you. It’s all going to come back down to where it was and probably lower.”
Tech reviewers have a rule - never review a product based on promises. Only base a review on what you have today.
All we have today - right now - from the Trump administration is promises and verifiable lies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/trump-iran-war-oil-stocks.html
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"George, what the fuck are you talking about"
https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1917580/george-what-the-fuck-are-you-talking-about
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"George, what the fuck are you talking about"
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1917579/george-what-the-fuck-are-you-talking-about
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From the Fallujah ambush to the Nisour Square massacre, Scahill documents the deadly consequences of privatizing warfare. A gripping and essential read.
#Blackwater #IraqWar #Investigative #BookReview #JeremyScahill #Books
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The #IraqWar began #OnThisDay in 2003.
The politicians and planners behind the 2003 invasion ignored the lessons of the British capture of Baghdad from the Ottomans in 1917.
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/entering-baghdad-liberators
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Iran war on same disastrous path as Iraq war. #Block2 #DonaldTrump #IranDemocracy #IranNukes #Iranprotests #IranWar #IranIraqWar #IraqWar #IslamicRevolutionaryGuardCorps #KhameneiAssassination #MiddleEast #MujahedeeneKhalq #SaddamHussein #TheConversation #USIraqWar
https://iwpost.com/iran-war-on-same-disastrous-path-as-iraq-war/?fsp_sid=4345 -
https://www.fogolf.com/1194723/bushs-comment-about-war-and-golf-go-viral-as-trump-seen-at-palm-beach-club/ Bush’s Comment About War and Golf Go Viral As Trump Seen at Palm Beach Club #debate #Donald #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpGolf #DonaldTrumpGolfing #GeorgeWBush #Golf #golfing #IranWar #IraqWar #president #trump #TrumpGolf #TrumpGolfing
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HISTORICAL ACCURACY MATTERS (AnonHistory)
https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1879005/historical-accuracy-matters-anonhistory
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HISTORICAL ACCURACY MATTERS (AnonHistory)
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1879004/historical-accuracy-matters-anonhistory
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HISTORICAL ACCURACY MATTERS (AnonHistory)
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/1879003/historical-accuracy-matters-anonhistory
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Iran creates massive variable for looming federal budget
South Park’s version of roshambo — the enduring “rock paper scissors” game unreliably said to have been played…
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #AU #Australia #budget #Business #donaldtrump #Iran #iraqwar #jimchalmers #oilprice
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"Our strategy is this: We will fight them over there so we do not have to face them in the United States of America. (Applause.) " - W. Bush, 2007
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070828-2.html #IraqWar Sounds like American propaganda still 19 years later, despite Trump once saying he'd protect America by not fighting more wars. -
https://www.europesays.com/iran/14041/ Iran war on same disastrous path as Iraq war #Block2 #DonaldTrump #IranDemocracy #IranNukes #IranProtests #IranWar #IranIraqWar #Iraq #IraqWar #IslamicRevolutionaryGuardCorps #KhameneiAssassination #MujahedeenEKhalq #SaddamHussein #TheConversation #USIraqWar
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Sometimes James O'Brien on LBC is brilliant.
Why is tony Blair calling on Kier Starmer to attack Iran?#iran #iranwar #iraq #iraqwar #blair #tonyblair #kierstarmer #starmer #trump #politics #war #lbc #jamesobrien #dailymail
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"On balance, it seems clear that the invasion of Iraq really was not “all about oil” — or if it was, then the US war was staggeringly ill-conceived and ill-executed. There is basically no link you can make between Iraq’s vast oil reserves and direct benefits for the US state, consumers, or large oil companies.
So, if not oil, what was the reason? I am no expert on the Middle East, nor the American neoconservative movement circa 2003, but my conjecture is that it was part of the larger neocon campaign to project US global power throughout the Middle East and around the world. The 1979 Iranian Revolution, and Saddam Hussein’s audacious invasion of Kuwait in 1991, were evidence of a region out of the United States’ tight control. By taking out Saddam’s regime, the United States could implant another ally alongside Saudi Arabia and Israel (among others) to protect US interests in the region.
Of course, this theory has its own problems, given that the invasion has resulted in basically nonstop chaos and instability since. This chaos continues today as the United States tries to foster regime change in Iran (unlikely to happen simply with bombs from above).
But there is evidence that the neocons and the “Project for a New American Century” were thinking of the Iraq War this way."
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Chilling moment of sense from Yvette Cooper...
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JFC, Yvette Cooper almost making salient points, what is happening?
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Anyone know if there will be a demonstration/march against the Iran war in Vancouver this weekend?
Back in the day... the 2003 Iraq war march was the first big march I ever witnessed and participated in as an adult.
Anyone know where I could purchase an Iranian flag in Vancouver?
Here are some pictures from back in the day! Taken with a Kodak DC280! Forgot about that old camera!
#BCPoli #Canada #USAIsraelIranWar #Vancouver #pho #IraqWar #USA #March
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God I hate living through history
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1804221/god-i-hate-living-through-history
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"I was in solitary confinement for three months. During this time I was not allowed to read or write or watch TV or listen to the radio. [...] For three months, my body was covered in bruises, contusions, and fractures from the torture..."
Journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, famous for flinging his shoes at #GeorgeWBush in protest, reflects on the #IraqWar and its legacy
https://thebaffler.com/latest/a-human-experience-bell
#Iraq #GulfWarII #MiddleEast #régimeChangeWars #imperialViolence -
From the #IraqWar to the #CIA secret prisons to the #NSA interceptions to the #droneWars, the US media have censored vital information in the name of *national security*, thus greatly assisting the #USWarMachine
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America's pretence of respecting sovereignty in #LatinAmerica is over. Edmund Heaphy of #RTEnews on how the atrack on #Venezuela and abduction of #Maduro marks the end of #USA's post-#IraqWar consensus against #regimeChange.
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0103/1551350-venezuela-us/
Will this be like 1950s or 1980s, when the #US toppled dozens of regines? Or is this just an oil grab?
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@dyckron That article really highlights the long-term consequences of that era. It’s hard to look back at the 2005 cabinet papers and not feel that John Howard was the biggest mistake Australia has ever made.
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Jon Stewart Likens U.S. Aggression Toward Venezuela To Iraq In The 2000s: “Saddest Part … Is That Dick Cheney Won’t Be Around To See It”
#LateNightTV #Politics #DickCheney #DonaldTrump #IraqWar #JonStewart #RobCorddry #TheDailyShow #TheDailyShowwithJonStewarthttps://deadline.com/2025/12/jon-stewart-venezuela-boat-strikes-iraq-war-the-daily-show-1236643055/
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What to know about astronaut Anne McClain, falsely accused of crime by her estranged wife
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/astronaut-anne-mcclain-falsely-accused
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What to know about astronaut Anne McClain, falsely accused of crime by her estranged wife
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/astronaut-anne-mcclain-falsely-accused
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What to know about astronaut Anne McClain, falsely accused of crime by her estranged wife
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/astronaut-anne-mcclain-falsely-accused