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šŸŽ–ļø Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, a significant event in modern history with lasting consequences on global politics, regional stability, and countless lives. #IraqWar20
šŸ“° The invasion was launched on March 20, 2003, under the banner of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," with the stated goal of disarming Iraq of weapons of mass destruction and removing the regime of Saddam Hussein. #ShockAndAwe
šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ‡¬šŸ‡§ The US, UK, and other coalition forces led the invasion, facing minimal resistance initially as they rapidly advanced towards the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. #CoalitionOfTheWilling
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The #AfghanistanWar began 40 yrs ago when the US decided it could not tolerate the leftist, Soviet-allied Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. To bait a USSR invasion, the CIA began Operation Cyclone, which financed the Afghan ā€œmujahideen,ā€ a group of radical jihadist militants.
Many pundits believe the Soviets invaded Afghanistan first. In reality, Operation Cyclone predated the invasion by six months. The general goal, confirmed years later by Carterā€™s National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, was to bait the USSR into its own Vietnam quagmire. Image
Operation Cyclone was top secret and wildly expensive, one of the CIAā€™s longest and costliest operations to date. It began in 1979 and cost $675,000. Funding soon ballooned to $20-30 million per year through the 80s during the Soviet occupation, rising to $690 million in 1987.
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U.S. Secretary of State @SecBlinken tried hard to sell @JoeBiden ā€˜s decision to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan during an unannounced visit to the country. #Afghan #AfghanistanWar Image
When announcing the decision, @JoeBiden said U.S. has achieved its objectives of preventing ā€œfuture terrorist attacks against the United Statesā€. #Afghan
But the real objective for @JoeBiden to pull out U.S. troops is perhaps to play into Americaā€™s domestic politics and establish himself as the President who ended the countryā€™s longest war. #AfghanistanWar
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