How the Iraq war became a threat to American democracy
The country has yet to recover from its bitter lessons
Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush stood before the American people and proposed a radical intervention to head off a growing menace in one of the world’s most troubled regions. “Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many,” he said in his state-of-the-union message in 2003.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Getting over Iraq”
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