Sheldon Richman on How Non-Interventionists Told You So About Iraq

Contrary to
popular belief, there is no satisfaction in being able to say, “I
told you so.” This is especially so with Iraq, where recent
events are enough to sicken one’s stomach. Yet it still must be
said: those who opposed the George W. Bush administration’s
invasion of Iraq in March 2003 — not to mention his father’s war on
Iraq in 1991 and the sanctions enforced through the administration
of Bill Clinton — were right. The noninterventionists predicted a
violent unraveling of the country, and that’s what we’re
witnessing. They agreed with Amr Moussa, chairman of the Arab
League, who warned in September 2002 that the invasion
would “open the gates of hell.” There was no Islamic State in Iraq
and al-Sham (ISIS) or al-Qaeda in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
before the U.S. invasion. And once again, writes Sheldon
Richman, the establishment news media have ill-served the American
public.

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