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As I write this, a heavy cloud continues to hang over our nation as we mark the 20th anniversary of the criminal invasion of Iraq. This unnecessary, unprovoked, illegal military invasion led to possibly over a million deaths. It continues to haunt us to this day.
In the run up to this war, the Bush Administration and its media co-conspirators actively shut out and silenced any dissenting voices. When those who questioned the war were discussed, it was to brand them as traitors. Had their voices been listened to, who knows what history would be like.