sinan antoon

Under Saddam Hussein there was something called the Iraqi state. I want to emphasize that what the US did is not only overthrow Saddam—that’s a byproduct—it destroyed the Iraqi state, which is something that took eighty-five years to build, all of its institutions and everything. That was not all the product of Saddam. Saddam was a latecomer. What the United States did is destroy an entire state, entire infrastructure, all of the institutions, so that there, you know—so, of course, life was better when you had a system that was functioning.

If you only watch one piece of anniversary coverage by the way, I would make it this one.

What happened to Charlie's eye? I hope he's OK!