🇮🇶War Architects Enjoy Top Academic Gigs 22 Years After Illegal Invasion of Iraq | Truthout
Today, on the 22nd anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of #Iraq, key architects and commanders of this monstrous war crime, from #CondoleezzaRice to #DavidPetraeus, sit comfortably in cushy positions at top American #universities
Across the world, the #US invasion of Iraq is widely seen as a moral abomination, made possible by a campaign of deceit by the George W. #Bush administration, which falsely claimed that Iraq harbored weapons of mass destruction as pretext for an illegal invasion.(#CW)
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights labelled the invasion a “crime” and said the U.S. “committed #WarCrimes including #massacres and #torture on a massive scale.” Amnesty International emphasized the “gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law perpetrated by the US-led Coalition” during the invasion and occupation, which formally ended in 2011.
#Irak
Today, on the 22nd anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of #Iraq, key architects and commanders of this monstrous war crime, from #CondoleezzaRice to #DavidPetraeus, sit comfortably in cushy positions at top American #universities
Across the world, the #US invasion of Iraq is widely seen as a moral abomination, made possible by a campaign of deceit by the George W. #Bush administration, which falsely claimed that Iraq harbored weapons of mass destruction as pretext for an illegal invasion.(#CW)
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights labelled the invasion a “crime” and said the U.S. “committed #WarCrimes including #massacres and #torture on a massive scale.” Amnesty International emphasized the “gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law perpetrated by the US-led Coalition” during the invasion and occupation, which formally ended in 2011.
#Irak