Iraq Invasion

Let's Stop Exaggerating the Special Relationship With Britain

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 05.20.2012

Sarwar Kashmeri

America has viewed the integration of Europe and the development of the European Union through Anglo-tinted glasses, a view that has proven to not be in the best interests of the United States.

Will Blackwater Ever Do Right?

Max Stanley | Posted 02.13.2012

Max Stanley

It was like a meaningless coda, as the war contractors at Blackwater USA changed its name again, two weeks after delivering Katy Helvenston-Wettengel another insult. She has been fighting for justice and accountability for the death of her son, a Blackwater employee.

Gaddafi, Bush and the Iraq Big Lie

Russ Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Russ Baker

With the world delighting in the abdication of the dictator Mubarak in Egypt and now the Libyan Gaddafi's potential demise, the least we can do is examine some of the possible the threads back to our own country.

How 'Curveball' Made Monkeys of U.S. Intelligence and the Bush White House

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Margolis

The black comedy of the Iraqi defector codenamed "Curveball" that has just resurfaced tells us much about how the U.S. has made such a mess in the Mideast.

Egypt's Shockwaves Hit Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

James Denselow

The events in Egypt are a reminder of how different things could have been in 2003 if, instead of attacking Saddam Hussein's state infrastructure, regime change had been sought by supporting Iraq's people.

Real Reason for Iraq Invasion, Finally?

Russ Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Russ Baker

In Donald Rumsfeld's new book, Known and Unknown, out February 8, Rumsfeld offers an account of George W. Bush's early interest in Iraq. This was just days after the 9/11 attacks.

Thoughts on the "Ground Zero Mosque " and the Better Angels of Our Nature

Michael Rowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Rowe

The part of me that initially flinched at the thought of a mosque so close to Ground Zero is not one of the better angels of my nature, and certainly not the part of me I'd ever want to be defined by.

We Fought the War and the War Won: Will We Let It Win Again?

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Gould-Wartofsky

It was seven years ago that I found myself running the wrong way up Sixth Avenue with my high school sweetheart. Through the rain we ran, with peace on our lips. New York's Finest were running after us, as they had a way of doing with pesky antiwar protesters.

March 8, 2010, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Valeriani

Air controller at JFK brings kids to work and lets them direct traffic. Extreme version of Take A Child To Work Day. No big deal since most pilots too drunk to notice.

A Hundred Years of War

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

Drone attacks are terrorism too. Killing entire families, including women and children, in the "border" areas of the "AF-PAK" theater to hit one "militant" or "extremist," without charge or trial, repeated countless times.

Looking for the Full Measure of Jack Murtha

Scott Lilly | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Lilly

John Murtha and I disagreed on a great many things over the decades we knew each other. At the same time, I am deeply troubled by the negative tone of some of the coverage of his passing.

Jeremy Greenstock, UK Diplomat, Says US Was 'Hell Bent' On Iraq Invasion

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — The United States was "hell bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by Britain to win international a...

Tony Blair: Even Without Evidence Of WMD, I Would Have Invaded Iraq Anyway

The Guardian | Riazat Butt and Richard Norton | Posted 05.25.2011

Tony Blair has said he would have invaded Iraq even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction and would have found a way to justify the war to p...

Interview: Armando Iannucci, In the Loop director

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

Armando Iannucci's new film, In the Loop positively vibrated with Sundance buzz last January. It reaches New York theaters Friday.

Iraq War Roundup: HuffPost Bloggers On The Iraq War Over The Years

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley and Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

March 20, 2009 is the sixth anniversary of the Iraq War, and thus an appropriate day to take a look back at some of the best HuffPost contributor comm...

Report: Emails Back Up Claims British Government "Sexed Up" Intelligence On Iraq

United Press International | Posted 05.25.2011

British intelligence officers reportedly exchanged e-mails mocking claims about Saddam Hussein during the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ...

Sam Stein

Rove: We Wouldn't Have Invaded Iraq If We Knew The Truth About WMDs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

In what was a remarkable admission that contradicted - to a large extent - the past statements from his onetime boss, former Bush strategist Karl Rove...

2007 Deadliest Year For US Troops In Iraq

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. militar...

Giuliani: "Never Had Any Doubt" Invading Iraq Was Right Decision

Manchester Union Leader | John Distaso | Posted 05.25.2011

Rudy Giuliani said yesterday he "never had any doubt" that if he were president four years ago, he would have invaded Iraq. He said he is now "even mo...

Bloomberg: Insurgents In Iraq Like Americans Who Fought British

NY Post | DAVID SEIFMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

In his most detailed comments on the Iraq war, Mayor Bloomberg last night suggested the United States was in the same difficult position as the Britis...