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Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day. archive

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[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 3 points 3 months ago

This isn't new. Also, this is a false narrative that the invasion of Iraq was ever about retribution for 9/11.

It was started because the Dubya administration insisted that Iraq had WMDs and implied that Saddam was planning on using them relatively soon

[-] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

WMDs was one of the excuses for invading Iraq. Another was that they hosted Al Qaeda people in the country. The administration started claiming Saddam Hussein was somehow involved in the 9/11 attacks within a couple of days. Here's just one article I found from a quick search: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/9-11-and-iraq-the-making-of-a-tragedy/

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