Why did the U.S. invade Iraq?
U.S. invasion of Iraq - 20 years on
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It was perhaps Washington’s biggest strategic mistake since the Vietnam war. 20 years ago this week the US invaded Iraq.
20 years later some US troops are still there as are the grim statistics written in lost Iraqi lives, those of US troops, hundreds of billion of dollars and not to mention the loss of US reputation.
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