The U.S. invasion of Iraq 19 years ago, in which other member nations of NATO joined, killed 7,400 civilians in six weeks. The 19th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, on March 19, which occurred on March 19, 2003, was commented on by Antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp on March 18. DeCamp wrote, “The initial ‘shock and awe’ phase of the invasion lasted about six weeks and killed tens of thousands. According to the Iraq Body Count, about 7,400 Iraqi civilians were killed in this period.” And U.S. troops are still occupying the country 19 years later, although the presence has formally been changed from a combat role to an “advisory” one. CENTCOM chief Gen. Frank McKenzie observed the anniversary by telling Military Times that U.S. troops are likely to stay in Iraq for years more, DeCamp reports.
Now it is claimed that Russia’s action against Ukraine is the first Europe has suffered since World War II. But the bombing of Serbia involved 78 days of fatal enforcement of NATO’s rules-based order against Europeans. In 1999 Sen. Joe Biden, then in the Senate, took credit for NATO’s first illegal and deadly bombing campaign unapproved by any UN resolution or action. Biden bragged that he had been the one who proposed the bombing of Belgrade.
