Quote of the Day | 0901
Nothing extraordinary had happened in Iraq in 2002 or 2003 to provoke an Anglo-American invasion. We learn in kindergarten that two wrongs do not make a right, and that the ends do not justify the means. Above all, international order is fragile and threats to that order increasingly menacing, and to toss away the achievement of the United Nations charter in favor of a war that was if not unilateral, certainly unilaterally decided upon, was a severe blow to the peace, prosperity and security of us all.
The cost of this unprovoked and foolhardy adventure to the United States has been profound.[…]
Juan Cole, ‘The Speech President Obama Should Give about the Iraq War’
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