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The real lesson of the Iraq invasion? Beware spies and allies who would drag you to war

The errors, exaggerations and lies that led to the invasion offer essential lessons for our own time, in conflict and beyond, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Iraq war 20 years on: the British government has never fully learned from Tony Blair's mistakes

The Iraq war remains the UK’s most investigated foreign policy decision of the past 50 years. As the world marks 20 years since the invasion that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, we have to ask, has the UK learned any lessons from what happened in 2003?

The Conversation

Iraq 20 years on: death came from the skies on March 19 2003 – and the killing continues to this day

The mass killings of Iraqis started on the night of March 19 2003 with the US-led coalition’s “shock and awe” bombing of Baghdad. They called it “Operation Iraqi Freedom”.

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We Need to Get Back to the Moon

Astronomer Phil Plait explains why he's conflicted about NASA's return to the Moon — and why it absolutely should happen.

Inverse

From The Hurt Locker to American Sniper: how Hollywood tried to tackle the Iraq war

Two decades on from the beginning of the war, a handful of films have tried various ways to show the conflict with audiences mostly choosing to stay away

The Guardian - US

Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

It’s been 20 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began March 20, 2003

The Independent UK

How the Iraq war altered US politics and led to the emergence of Trump

The drive to war was fueled by partisanship and served as an accelerant to the extremism that led to Trump and the Capitol riot

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It's been 20 years since the US invaded Iraq – long enough for my undergraduate students to see it as a relic of the past

The United States invaded Iraq 20 years ago in March 2003, claiming it had to disarm the Iraqi government of weapons of mass destruction and end the dictatorial rule of President Saddam Hussein.

The Conversation

Joe Biden says Jimmy Carter has asked him to deliver his eulogy

President Joe Biden says he’s been asked to give the eulogy at the 39th president’s funeral. Jimmy Carter, 98, the longest-lived president, has been receiving end-of-life care.

Chicago Sun-Times

Christopher Hitchens was a model of the public intellectual as celebrity. Could he really be the saviour of the Left?

Future generations are very unlikely to credit Christopher Hitchens with saving the Left. Nor is he likely to be remembered as a great essayist like his long-time hero George Orwell, or even H.L. Mencken, after whom he named his 20-year column for The Nation magazine.

The Conversation

Biden says Jimmy Carter has asked him to deliver his eulogy

President Joe Biden says he plans to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, who remains under hospice care at his home in south Georgia

The Independent UK

The Iraq war started the post-truth era. And America is to blame

The Iraq war ushered in a style of politics where truth is, at best, an inconvenience

The Guardian - US

Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order

‘Tell me, how does this end?’ asked US general David Petraeus during first push to Baghdad in 2003

The Guardian - UK

Most shocking Oscars moments - from Will Smith's slap to Marlon Brando's refusal

As the Oscars comes around again, there have been a fair share of jaw-dropping moments over the years that are not about the films - here is a round up of ten most shocking things to happen at the Academy Awards

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Salon

When we were Putin: 20 years in Iraq

How America gave Putin cover for his own atrocity

Evening Standard

The top 10 most shocking Oscars speech moments, from Will Smith to Roman Polanski

The most viewed Oscars moment award goes to Will Smith for his astonishing reaction to Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars

The Independent UK

Trump rival DeSantis heads to Iowa as Republican 2024 race ramps up

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be in Iowa to introduce himself to an expectant audience of Republicans ahead of a likely 2024 presidential bid

The Independent UK

DeSantis making long-anticipated 1st Iowa trip ahead of 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be in Iowa to introduce himself to an expectant audience of Republicans ahead of a likely 2024 presidential bid

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The Guardian - US

Republicans are threatening to default on the US national debt. Don’t believe them

Here’s a dirty secret: both Republicans’ debt hysteria and Biden’s proposed tax hikes are pure theater. Neither will happen

Reason

DHS Just Turned 20. It's Time To Abolish It.

Break it up into fewer, smaller agencies that are more accountable to pre-9/11 departments.

Tribune News Service

Consumer group, former advisers file complaint over McCarthy’s release of Jan. 6 riot footage

WASHINGTON — Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen and ethics advisers who served in the White House under President Barack Obama and George W. Bush submitted a complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics on Tuesday urging an investigation of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s exclusive release of Jan. 6 footage to Fox…

Reason

Ron DeSantis Is Clumsily Backing Away From His Past as a Russia Hawk

DeSantis' foreign policy seems to be defined by a simple rule: Whatever Democrats do is wrong, but whatever Republicans do is right.

Roll Call

Consumer group, former advisers file complaint over McCarthy's release of Jan. 6 riot footage - Roll Call

Public Citizen and ethics advisers under Obama and Bush urged an investigation of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s release of Jan. 6 footage.

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis’ talk of Florida as ‘refuge’ stokes red-versus-blue divide

News Analysis: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ pitch for his yet-to-be-announced presidential campaign leans into red-versus-blue rhetoric that is a softer, more palatable version of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s call for a ‘national divorce’

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Commentary: Reflections, and regrets, 20 years after I opened the Department of Homeland Security

This was my second draft notice. The first came from Richard Nixon in 1969 and took me to Southeast Asia. More than 30 years later came notice number two, this time from George W. Bush. The president called me to leave my post as Pennsylvania’s governor to serve in the…

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