{"id":55185,"date":"2022-03-17T01:06:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T05:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=55185"},"modified":"2022-03-27T13:05:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T17:05:24","slug":"joe-biden-and-the-launch-of-the-iraq-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=55185","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><STRONG>WORTH THE PRICE? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War<\/STRONG><br \/>\n<em>The Real News Network &#8211; February 21, 2020<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rrLFQnlf6lQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWORTH THE PRICE? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War is a documentary short reviewing the role of then-Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) in leading the United States into the most devastating foreign policy blunder of the last twenty years.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<STRONG>The War in Ukraine and the Glaring Omissions in Discourse about It<\/STRONG><br \/>\n<em>By Glenn Greenwald &#8211; March 26, 2022<\/em><br \/>\n<script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/u10pi0h\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_vvzf55\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"vvzf55\",\"div\":\"rumble_vvzf55\"});<\/script><br \/>\nGlenn and Q. discuss how the US media treats this is as the first war to ever occur, and how this lack of memory leads to a lopsided view of what&#8217;s happening and an unjustified moral righteousness by the US.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.substack.com\/p\/international-law-is-a-meaningless?s=w\">International Law Is A Meaningless Concept When It Only Applies To US Enemies<\/A><br \/>\n<em>By Caitlin Johnstone, March 16, 20224<\/em><br \/>\nNeither George W Bush nor Tony Blair are in prison cells at The Hague where international law says they ought to be. 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