Our long, long, long war in Iraq began 23 years ago today.

[WilliamPitt]

"Operation Desert Storm" - the beginning of our long, long, long war in Iraq - began 23 years ago today.

"We are still," says the last line of the film Jarhead, "in the desert."

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;

“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”

- Stephen Crane, "In the Desert"

[cpwm17]

1. The Cold War had just ended so George HW Bush needed a new enemy

He fabricated one in Iraq. It was all a lie: