“It’s easy to see clearly in hindsight. But sometimes it’s worth looking back at what people foresaw. The current crisis in Iraq displays more starkly than ever the wilful blindness of the architects of America’s invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

“When Saddam Hussein and his regime are nothing more than a horrible memory, the United States will remain committed to helping the Iraqi people establish a free, prosperous and peaceful Iraq that can serve as a beacon for the entire region.”

That’s what Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defence in the Bush Administration, told the Iraqi-American community in Detroit in February 2003. “* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Jonathan Holmes / Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/neoconss-naive-dream-to-liberate-iraq-explodes-into-nightmare-20140617-zsa7q.html