#iraqwar — Public Fediverse posts

”For the US,…there is no domestic benefit to an Iran War. After the disastrous Iraq War, the US regained international respect for about five minutes in 2009 when, in a fit of delirium, international observers awarded Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for not being George W. Bush.”
—Sarah Kendzior, The No World Order
#trump #obama #bush #iranwar #iraqwar #nobelpeaceprize

There were horror stories about poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln during the #IranWar. Soon after the public learned about this, the ordeals of this crew ended, and the ship was sent home to the United States.

The USS Abraham Lincoln was famous for one other thing: it is where Pres. George W. Bush gave his #MissionAccomplished speech near the start of the #IraqWar, but the war would continue for several years more. #history

Robert Fisk: A dictator created then destroyed by America | The Independent

#Iraq #US #MiddleEast #IraqWar

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-a-dictator-created-then-destroyed-by-america-430197.html

Two war criminals and a playboy discuss #peace in #Gaza.

This is not going to end well for anyone, is it?

#GazaGenocide
#IsraelWarCrimes
#IraqWar

Jared Kushner, Blair meet Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to advance Trump’s Gaza plan | The Jerusalem Post
Jared Kushner, Blair meet Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to advance Trump’s Gaza plan | The Jerusalem Post https://share.google/UvyjForZ2aMKQDnAd

“HOW MEDIA LENS FORGED A PATH FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM”

by Peter Oborne in Declassified UK

@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics
@medialens
@turnleft
@cemedia
@novaramedia
@BylineTimes
@MiddleEastEye
@DoubleDownNews

“We are seeing today a surge in heretical media outlets including Novara, Doubledown News, Drop Site, Byline Times, Middle East Eye – and of course Declassified UK.

We have emerged thanks in part to a growing appreciation that the mainstream media is broken, cannot be trusted, and is far more likely to disseminate falsehood than tell the truth.

So it is only fair to wish a happy 25th birthday to the earliest of these dissident outlets – Media Lens”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/how-media-lens-forged-a-path-for-independent-journalism/

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #LegacyMedia #MediaLens #LiberalBias #Gaza #Iran #PalestinianGenocide #BBCPropaganda #Lies #Disinformation #ClimateCrisis #IraqWar #NHS #Assange #Vindication

Palestine Action

Andy Burnham & his Blairite still on the path set by Kier Starmer and his Blairites?

Puzzled?

#UKPol #AndyBurnham #KierStarmer #TonyBlair #IraqWar #ISIS #Brexit #PalestineAction #AllTheWayWithLBJ

Iran is putting pressure on the US-UK ‘special relationship’ – but it has survived worse over the years. #DonaldTrump #Iran #IraqWar #KeirStarmer #TonyBlair #USforeignpolicy #USIranconflict #WinstonChurchill
https://iwpost.com/iran-is-putting-pressure-on-the-us-uk-special-relationship-but-it-has-survived-worse-over-the-years/?fsp_sid=12318

thank you, #IraqBodyCount, for your work to document #Israel's #genocide in #Gaza, as you have done with the #IraqWar!

It's crucial work

@crazyeddie Both the #IranWar and the #IraqWar were horrible. The #IranWar is so much of a failure that it is good to see so much opposition to it inside and outside of the United States.

@Edgecontrol

#MMRPlaylist #Punk #GermanPunk #ElectroPunk #IraqWar

https://video.liberta.vip/w/e7UE4tM2FbHUeJj1Begpyo

Rod Dreher: "Trump started the #IranWar, and he lost it. There was a massive loss of US authority, to say the least. I backed him in 2024, in part because I trusted him to avoid stupid wars. This war is going to cost the United States way more in the long run than the #IraqWar did. To hell with Trump's stupid, lying excuses."
#OperationEpicFailure #politics #military

Bad news, Kurdistan

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/2102711/bad-news-kurdistan

Senator Susan Collins Faces Criticism for Comments on Iraq War and Military Service

📰 Original title: 'Disqualifying': Susan Collins scorched over her response to Iraq war question

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👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

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#politics #susancollins #iraqwar

Putin when this debacle is finally over:

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/2069753/putin-when-this-debacle-is-finally-over

Mama mia 😭

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/2067883/mama-mia

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

6.
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 ....

#JoeDante #MastersOfHorror #GeorgeWBush #IraqWar

5. For the #IRANWar,#Meloni CANNOT grant #Trump all that #Berlusconi granted #Bush for the #IraqWar. Hence #Trump’s outbursts, which are also intended to keep constant pressure on #Meloni. But the #data speaks for itself: #Meloni’s #Italy is providing logistic assistance

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
- around 1,300 missions from #SigonellaNAS

1. It doesn't take to be Einstein to figure out what game the #Meloni government is playing with the #IRANWar:

#Meloni’s Italy CANNOT give #Trump what #Berlusconi gave #Bush for the #IRAQWar, so it grants whatever “plausible deniability” allows it to obscure

"No friends but the mountains..."

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1995858/no-friends-but-the-mountains

"No friends but the mountains..."

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1995854/no-friends-but-the-mountains