Tag: US invasion of Iraq

ISTANBUL : In 3 questions, Adam McConnel evaluated the consequences of the US invasion of Iraq after 20 years for Anadolu's Analysis Department. 1. What are the consequences of the war in Iraq for the US? The US’ international credibility was seriously damaged because the invasion was carried out on the pretext of Saddam Hussein’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) program, which turned out to be non-existent (as many contemporary observers knew and predicted, similar to the blind sage Tiresias, in a futile attempt to warn the American Oedipus Rex). The...