US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four
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US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four
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cocacola1 · · focus · HN ↗
It’s 2026. The President has embroiled us in an unpopular war in the Middle East and has lied about it.
jMyles · · focus · HN ↗
To put it differently: its stated allies are direct lineal political and military descendants of the parties who were ostensibly its enemies in 2006, including Al-Qaeda / Jabhat Al-Nusra.
throw310822 · · focus · HN ↗
"Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel [...] also visited Washington in late 2002 to lobby for the invasion of Iraq.
Apparently referring to testimony on the Middle East that Mr. Netanyahu delivered to Congress on Sept. 12, 2002, when he was a private citizen, Mr. Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, “The prime minister, as you will recall, was profoundly forward-leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading Iraq under George W. Bush, and we all know what happened with that decision.”
Video of Mr. Netanyahu’s 2002 remarks — in which he said “I think the choice of Iraq is a good choice, it’s the right choice”
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/world/middleeast/kerry-reminds-congress-netanyahu-advised-us-to-invade-iraq.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/world/middleeast/kerry-re...