The invasion of Iraq was unquestionably one of the greatest crimes of the last several decades.

[kpete]

Remember the illegal destruction of Iraq?
By Glenn Greenwald

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The invasion of Iraq was unquestionably one of the greatest crimes of the last several decades. Imagine what future historians will say about it -- a nakedly aggressive war launched under the falsest of pretenses, in brazen violation of every relevant precept of law, which destroyed an entire country, killed huge numbers of innocent people, and devastated the entire population. Have we even remotely treated it as what it is? We're willing to concede it was a "mistake" -- a good-natured and completely understandable lapse of judgment -- but only the shrill and unhinged among us call it a crime. As always, it's worth recalling that Robert Jackson, the lead prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, insisted in his Closing Argument against the Nazi war criminals that "the central crime in this pattern of crimes" was not genocide or mass deportation or concentration camps; rather, "the kingpin which holds them all together, is the plot for aggressive wars." History teaches that aggressive war is the greatest and most dangerous of all crimes -- as it enables even worse acts of inhumanity -- and illegal, aggressive war is precisely what we did in Iraq, to great devastation.

more:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2010/01/29/iraq/index.html

[rucky]

1. With TARP a close second.

Trailed by (s)election 2000

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[Vinnie From Indy]

3. It was a crime that will be remembered for a long time no doubt!

[conscious evolution]

4. It is THE greatest crime

since ww2.
Nothing else even comes close.
My greatest disappointment with obama is his refusal to face up to that fact and prosecute those responsible.

[malaise]

6. 100% correct

It is the breathtaking arrogance on top of the lies being spewed by BLIAR that have me really angry now.

[malaise]

5. But but but

Tony BLIAR thinks it's the best thing that ever happened to the Iraqi people...you know freedom and democracy ...in the grave.

[Winterblues]

7. Within the Republican Crime Family it will be seen as a Great Victory

Billions upon billions of US dollars disappeared, just disappeared, cold hard cash, hundred dollar bills shrink wrapped and palletized, just disappeared, and We Got The Oil...And now that Corporations are allowed to spend unlimited amounts to influence policy and politics in general, well, History will be written by the winners...

[Echo In Light]

8. K&R

[sabrina 1]

9. I wonder how history will view the American people

who supported it and even when that support began to fade, it wasn't for ethical reasons.

Party politics make killing human beings acceptable in this country, depending on which party is doing it. That's what I've learned from watching all of this. The opposition of Democrats to illegal war and torture and all the other crimes that follow, seems to only have been because it was a Republican who was doing it.

Obama eg, is going to freeze spending but NOT on the bloated killing machine that continues to destroy lives and countries. But, there isn't much outrage on the 'left', nowhere the kind we would see if it was a Bush decision.

[madrchsod]

10. remember we have been at war with iraq since the first gulf war

it will be close to the longest war against a sovereign country since vietnam war. bush,clinton,bush,and to a lesser degree obama all have blood on their hands.