This article discusses the book "Fear, Power, and Hubris: Why the United States Invaded Iraq" by historian Melvyn Leffler. The book offers a revisionist analysis of the decision to invade Iraq in 2003, presenting a sympathetic view of the Bush administration's motivations. Leffler argues that ...
Lori Ann Piestewa was the first woman to die on the front lines in Iraq and the first American Indian woman to die serving the U.S. Armed Forces.
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When the US invaded Iraq two times ahead of Oscar night 2003, actors ended up accessorized with a wide range of peace pins and no just one was much too astonished when, brandishing his Oscar as while to smite the unrighteous, Michael Moore shipped a diatribe on the creating of the “...
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Located in Southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq), Ur was an important port on the Persian Gulf. Thought to have been established as a small village sometime between 5000 and 4100 BCE, it was known as an established city by 3800 BCE. The city's location was the reason for its importance as ...