Remember the phony claims [View all]

to take us into war in Iraq? Deja vu. Remember the Cheney claims about nukes? The phony "yellow cake" claims? Remember how they went after Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame? Remember how they went after media figures, like Phil Donahue, who dared to question the lies? Remember how cowardly the rest of the media was and how they were complicit in cheering on a phony justification for war?Remember the embarrassing dog and pony show, with props, of Colin Powell? Remember when they said it would be over quickly and the troops would be home? Remember the phony scramble and lies about WMD and all the made up stories when none were found?

Here we are again. Last time was 4,000 dead American soldiers plus many more thousands of wounded. All for ego about "Daddy", lies and the itch of neocons to kill and of course oil. Remember the crooked "rebuilding authority"? Remember the war crimes and torture? Remember how many billions and billions of dollars it cost instead of spending that money to feed the poor, educate children and pay for health care? Remember how they did all of that while letting banks and Wall Street run wild with schemes and corruption until it collapsed the economy so bad that 2 out of the big 3 car companies had to file for bankruptcy and get huge government bailouts?

Remember how the big shots got tons of taxpayer money and literally almost nobody was held to account? Remember how long it took until it got pieced back together after millions of foreclosures, bankruptcies, suicides from despair and broken families? Remember how the big shots promised it wouldn't happen again? Remember how people believed them? Remember after the mess of Iraq how the big shots and media went around saying it was a horrible mistake and they wouldn't let it happen again? Remember how people believed them?

Here's an article from 2023 for our memories from "Mother Jones" on the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/the-iraq-invasion-20-years-later-it-was-indeed-a-big-lie-that-launched-the-catastrophic-war/