On the first anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, author Jonathan Schell, writing in March 29th issue of The Nation (posted today online), explains why Iraq is a cautionary lesson in the folly of imperial rule, recounting how “549 American soldiers and uncounted thousands of Iraqis, military and civilian, have died; some $125 billion has been expended; no weapons of mass destruction have been found; the economy is a disaster … terrorist bombs have taken a heavy toll; and Iraq … (has become) a cautionary lesson in the folly of imperial rule in the twenty-first century.”
In the same issue, Christopher Scheer, Robert Scheer & Lakshmi Chaudhry review the 5 biggest lies Bush used as justification for his actions.
