UNDERNEWS: Those who supported Iraq war are still running the show

February 16, 2021

Those who supported Iraq war are still running the show

Zunes is professor of politics at the University of San Francisco who has written extensively on the Mideast.

Stephen Zunes - Eighteen years ago .... tens of millions of people around the world, in the largest single protest event in history, came out against the incipient U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. I spoke before half a million people gathered in San Francisco. Every mainline Christian denomination, 90 percent of Mideast scholars, and the vast majority of the world’s governments were saying no to war. The following current U.S. office-holders, however, insisted we were all wrong and that Bush and Cheney were right:

Joe Biden (President)
Anthony Blinken (Secretary of State)
Chuck Schumer (Senate Majority Leader)
Mitch McConnell (Senate Minority Leader)
Steny Hoyer (House Majority Leader)
Kevin McCarthy (House Minority Leader)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: In fact, all have gained power and fortune since then. The truly evil usually get promoted under the present American corporate regime. TB; February 18, 2021 at 1:51 PM

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