It is remarkable how the 20th anniversary of Iraq invasion has occasioned so little soul-searching and commemoration. The Iraq War was the main media and political event for a decade. Today, after a few op-eds, everyone is ready to move on. There were no parades. There is also no memorial to the campaign in the national capital. It seems as if most of our national leadership simply wants to forget.
There is a lot to forget and regret. The Iraq War did not make America safer from terrorism. Rather, it led to the deaths of 4,431 Americans and perhaps several hundred thousand Iraqis, and the instability it unleashed likely contributed to the rise of ISIS. Like many former supporters of the campaign, I can now say without qualification that the Iraq War was a mistake. Even when considering only what we knew then, I realize it was still a mistake.
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