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Shock and Awe: Then and Now
Knight, Dee
http://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/03/16/shock-and-awe-then-and-now/Date Written: 2022-03-16 Year Published: 2022 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24514 In the two U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the world has seen two decades of wholesale death and destruction at the hands of the U.S. military, at a cost of trillions and countless deaths estimated between one and two million. Abstract: - Ecerpt: "Shock and awe" was George Bush senior's name for his "Desert Storm" attack on Iraq in 1990 – 91. A United Nations report described the effect on Iraq as "near apocalyptic," sending Iraq back to the "pre-industrial age." But it wasn't enough. After a decade of sanctions against Iraq, which further decimated the country and its people, George Bush junior launched a new invasion in 2003. Together with a parallel war in Afghanistan, the world has seen two decades of wholesale death and destruction at the hands of the U.S. military, at a cost of trillions and countless deaths estimated between one and two million. Subject Headings |