Journo & Ghate: Lessons of the Iraq War

Twenty years since the U.S. invasion began, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo explore the moral and political lessons of the Iraq War.Issues covered:● Why Americans need to examine the lessons of the Iraq War; ● The 9/11 terrorist attacks and the context leading up to the war; ● The focus on weapons of mass destruction and intelligence weaknesses while evading the threat of Islamic totalitarianism; ● Why Russia’s attack on Ukraine is not analogous to America’s war in Iraq; ● David Frum’s analysis of the Iraq War in The Atlantic; ● John Bolton’s and Bret Stephens’ analysis of the war and the failure to question whether Iraq was the right target; ● The disastrous results of the war, including increased reluctance to defend American interests militarily; ● How America’s response to 9/11 set the stage for the rise of populism and widespread distrust of institutions; ● The erosion of American exceptionalism in the wake of the Iraq War.