The invasion of Venezuela we’ve just witnessed brings to mind the two invasions of Iraq—under George H. W. Bush in 1990 and George W. Bush in 2003. The

BAGHDAD (AP) — United National Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Baghdad on Saturday to mark the end of the political mission set up in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein. The U.N. Security Council, at Iraq ...

The Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Venezuela is reminiscent of the U.S.’s catastrophic invasion of Iraq, as it relies on exaggeration, fearmongering, and the

Recovery will require reliable economic arrangements.

That doesn’t mean Venezuela won’t topple into the kind of deadly chaos that bedeviled Iraq under U.S. occupation. But the variance in both moves and messaging make it clear you can’t neatly overlay Baghdad and Caracas.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada February 24, 2017. REUTERS/David Becker (Reuters) -Dick Cheney, a driving force behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 who was considered by ...

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Something crucial happened with President Donald Trump's recent actions in Venezuela. He eliminated "Iraq Syndrome" entirely.

From Iraq’s WMDs to Venezuela’s narco-terror, the playbook remains the same. Critics argue Trump’s selective “war on drugs” is a thin veil for oil-driven regime change, threatening to pull America into a quagmire twice the size of Iraq.

Nationals leader David Littleproud says he does not believe Donald Trump wants to repeat the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, after the American administration’s bombing of Venezuela.