Do You Remember Why We Went to War in Iraq?

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It was 20 years ago, this month, that the Iraq War began. A few thousand U.S. troops are still there. Hottie and producer Heidi Muagdi hit the streets of Dallas to find out why we went to war in Iraq. Most of the people they spoke with were just kids when this war started 20 years ago.

The war in Iraq has been declared over by nearly every president since the one who started it 20 years ago today. But it’s still not done. At SXSW in Austin, Texas, Sean Rameswaram explained why it’s important we remember.

This episode was written by Sean Rameswaram, produced by Sean and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and mixed by Paul Robert Mounsey.

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