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[–] [email protected] 169 points 1 year ago (21 children)

American government told the whole world that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. America used this as justification to invade Iraq and murder its people. It turns out there were no weapons of mass destruction after all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m not a big fan of Whoopie Goldberg, but her way of telling (starts at 7min 53sec) about Iraq and WMD has always stuck with me. It’s worth a watch. It’s the perfect amount of funny mixed with reality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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