Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transparency</span></a>: The $2.9 trillion spent on the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ForeverWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeverWar</span></a> in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Iraq</span></a> in 2003 under the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FalsePretext" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FalsePretext</span></a> of preventing Saddam Hussein from developing <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WeaponsOfMassDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WeaponsOfMassDestruction</span></a> caused more than half a million deaths and jailed <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Assange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Assange</span></a> for reporting <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CivilianMurders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CivilianMurders</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/3/17/neta_crawford_iraq?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&amp;utm_campaign=140a7ccb1c-Daily_Digest_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_fa2346a853-140a7ccb1c-191923653" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2023/3/17/net</span><span class="invisible">a_crawford_iraq?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&amp;utm_campaign=140a7ccb1c-Daily_Digest_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_fa2346a853-140a7ccb1c-191923653</span></a></p>