As another country falls to Islamist forces, we should remember that Islamist terrorism was sourced by one main thing: the United States invading Iraq. No generation of Americans should forget it, and every generation needs to learn it. A million Iraqis (and thousands of Americans) died because of it, plus it unleashed the scourge of extremist Islamism that continues to this day. Both Republicans and Democrats participated in the Iraq War madness, and none of them have been held accountable for the criminality, irresponsibility and sheer stupidity of that decision.
Related Off-site Links:
The Fall of Bashar Assad After 13 Years of War in Syria Brings to an End a Decades-long Dynasty – Zeina Karam and Abby Sewell (AP News, December 8, 2024).
Assad's Fall in Syria Weakens Iran But May Fuel Islamist Resurgence – Samia Nakhoul and Andrew Mills (Reuters, December 9, 2024).
The Fall of Assad and What it Means for the Mideast: An Interview with Alastair Crooke – The Chris Hedges Report (December 9, 2024).
Syrians Are Celebrating Fall of Assad, Even as “the Bigger Picture Is Grim”: An Inteview with Scholar Bassam Haddad – Democrack Now! (December 9, 2024).
“A Tool for Empire?”: Mehdi Hasan Courts Backlash for Weak Syria Take – Due Dissidence, December 9, 2024).
U.S. Bombs Over 75 Targets in Syria After Assad Falls – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, December 9, 2024).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Progressive Perspectives on U.S. Military Intervention in Syria
• Rallying in Solidarity with the Refugees of Syria and the World
• Rallying to End U.S. Militarism
• Phyllis Bennis on the Crisis in Afghanistan
• Saying “No” to War on Iran
• Quote of the Day – March 20, 2018
• Saying “No” to Endless U.S. Wars
• Something to Think About – June 18, 2014
• The Tenth Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq
• “Our Anti-Imperialism Must Be Consistent”
• Norman Solomon’s “Objective Look at U.S. Foreign Policy”
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