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20 years after the invasion of Iraq

Pod Save the World

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The Opportunity Cost of the Iraq War

In 2002, the U.S. was at a moment of unpara in terms of influence and moral high ground - but we took all that and generated the Iraq war. We also spent trillions of dollars there; what else could we have done? And I think that's one really, really crucial lesson of Iraq. If the American empire collapses, it's gonna be because of what happens at home," he says.

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