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Iraq War
![Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Tipton High School on December 28, 2019 in Tipton, Iowa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0114-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Don’t Be Surprised If Biden’s Iraq War Vote Eats Him Alive Tonight
Biden will be sharing the stage with Bernie Sanders, who did the right thing when Biden did not.
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Bush Official: I Watched the March to War in 2003 and It’s Happening Again
Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired United States Army colonel, discusses more.
![Sen. Joe Biden speaks during an interview in his office about the possibility of war with Iraq on February 5, 2003.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/2019_1111-joe-biden-iraq-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Support of Iraq War Shows How He Would Run the White House
Biden's vote to invade Iraq was no “mistake,” but an indication of his contempt for international law.
![Gen. Colin Powell attends the Build Series at Build Studio on April 17, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/2019_1008-colin-powell-400x300.jpg)
GOP “Never Trumpers” Just Think He’s Bad for the Brand
Colin Powell’s penchant for playing footsie with atrocity dates back more than 50 years.
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A Veteran in a World of Never-Ending Wars and Improvised Explosive Devices
By calling off Taliban peace talks, Trump ensured that more troopers like me will needlessly die in a war without end.
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Iraqi Kids Test Positive for Depleted Uranium Remnants Near Former US Air Base
Iraqi doctors observed high rates of congenital disabilities in babies born after the U.S.-led invasion.
![Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden listens to a question during the 2020 Public Service Forum at UNLV on August 3, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/08/2019_0808-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Is Doubling Down on Iraq War Lies
Biden's lies in the face of his record shows that he cannot be trusted in matters of war and peace.
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Former Bush Administration Insider Reflects on the Failure of the Iraq War
Amid tensions with Iran, Lawrence Wilkerson reflects on the war profiteering and incompetence that drove the Iraq War.
![Anti-war activists gathered on March 19, 2019, the 16th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, outside 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan for a rally, followed by a march by several military recruiting offices along Chambers Street and to Borough of Manhattan Community College, to oppose the United States' endless cycle of war and militarism.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-1131646440-400x300.jpg)
War Is Hell. Why Are We Waging an Endless One?
Friday marked the 29th anniversary of Operation Desert Shield.
![Sen. Joe Biden speaks to the press after Senate luncheons, October 1, 2002.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/07/2019_0728-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
How Biden’s Secret 2002 Meetings Led to War in Iraq
It was Biden's inference in his Senate presentation that brought Iraq's WMD threat into mainstream discourse.