S. Hussein was a bad man, everybody agreed.
(He no longer had WMD, as America was told.)
17 years & $5.9 trillion later, Congress wants to know:
Was there a specific, imminent threat ag. U.S. worth killing Souleimani at this time, risking the "revenge" Iran now threatening?
(He no longer had WMD, as America was told.)
17 years & $5.9 trillion later, Congress wants to know:
Was there a specific, imminent threat ag. U.S. worth killing Souleimani at this time, risking the "revenge" Iran now threatening?
Oct. of 2004: So it took a little over a year to determine this:
Hussein destroyed his last weapons of mass destruction more than a decade ago and his capacity to build new ones had been dwindling for years by the time of the Iraq invasion, according to
Hussein destroyed his last weapons of mass destruction more than a decade ago and his capacity to build new ones had been dwindling for years by the time of the Iraq invasion, according to
a comprehensive US report released yesterday.
theguardian.com/world/2004/oct…
Thread on the costs here:
Dollar: $5.9 TRILLION
Humans: 480,000 - 507,000
*Iraq and Afghanistan among world’s deadliest for terrorism*
Charts from Brown U.
theguardian.com/world/2004/oct…
Thread on the costs here:
Dollar: $5.9 TRILLION
Humans: 480,000 - 507,000
*Iraq and Afghanistan among world’s deadliest for terrorism*
Charts from Brown U.
