Monday, March 23, 2020

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: OUTLINE OF A CATASTROPHE – KEY POINTS IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF AMERICA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAQ

John Chuckman

COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN PRESS TV

“US continues blame game against Iraq, says ‘disappointed’ over protection of forces”


The US invaded Iraq illegally in the first place. In the process and its aftermath, it killed maybe a million people.

The country, once one of the most advanced in the Arab world, still suffers with no dependable electricity.

The US bombed the network and basically refuses to repair it without being paid with Iraq' oil.

Iraq's government asks the US to remove its troops, but the US refuses.

Seventeen years of occupation after an illegal invasion.

Saddam Hussein was a tyrant for sure, but how is the US any better at all?