Showing posts with label invasion of Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label invasion of Iraq. Show all posts

Sunday, September 20, 2015

'After Invasion US Allowed Iraq to Slip into Disaster' - Ex-Iraqi Defense Minister


The 2003 invasion of Iraq is widely considered to have been a mistake, even by many policy makers in the US. But despite that recognition, the lesson was not learned and the pattern of catastrophic interventions in the region continued in subsequent years. How can the international community tackle the product of that chaos - the Islamic State, and could an all-encompassing regional agreement bring stability to the troubled region? Oksana is joined by Dr Ali Allawi, an Iraqi Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2006, to analyse these issues.