Thomas Rose
As the Iraq war approaches its fifth anniversary on March 20th, it is important to remember why the war was started. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 the US has looked to find new ways to justify its military interventions in order to increase economic prosperity and further expand its empire.
The “communist threat” has been replaced by a new global “threat” of terrorism. The so-called “war on terror” gave the Bush administration an opportunity to wage an illegal pre-emptive war on the sovereign nation of Iraq.
But even the idea that the US can wage a “war on terror” is ridiculous: the US has arguably been the biggest perpetrator of state terrorism since the end of World War II. It would be like Adolf Hitler declaring a war on anti-Semitism. According to John Pilger, since 1945 the US has launched 72 interventions into other countries. However, it is not called terrorism when the US attacks other countries: it is disguised as “humanitarian intervention” or “liberation”.
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But even the idea that the US can wage a “war on terror” is ridiculous: the US has arguably been the biggest perpetrator of state terrorism since the end of World War II. It would be like Adolf Hitler declaring a war on anti-Semitism. According to John Pilger, since 1945 the US has launched 72 interventions into other countries. However, it is not called terrorism when the US attacks other countries: it is disguised as “humanitarian intervention” or “liberation”.
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