I'm middle-aged and yes, people were just so naive about this war. Misplaced anger and bloodthirstiness from 9/11 totally drove this war and the tipping point was the NY Times' article by Judy Miller basically saying there were WMDs. (There were not.)
Meanwhile, if you even questioned the war, people told you you were unpatriotic and we're still besties with Saudi Arabia, which funded 9/11.
![image showing An old TIME magazine of mine showing how naïve we were about Iraq. [OC]](efa5a69c-107b-5317-b19a-338c2ee8a512.jpg)
SocraticTiger on June 22nd, 2025 at 03:35 UTC »
This is insane considering that 300,000+ Iraqi civilians died from 2003-2017
hellolovely1 on June 22nd, 2025 at 03:50 UTC »
I'm middle-aged and yes, people were just so naive about this war. Misplaced anger and bloodthirstiness from 9/11 totally drove this war and the tipping point was the NY Times' article by Judy Miller basically saying there were WMDs. (There were not.)
Meanwhile, if you even questioned the war, people told you you were unpatriotic and we're still besties with Saudi Arabia, which funded 9/11.
Sweatytubesock on June 22nd, 2025 at 03:51 UTC »
Yes, I lived through that moronic time, I remember it well.