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Although it seems counterintuitive from a psychological perspective, but believe it or not there is some value in being reminded periodically, or repeatedly for that matter, of a disastrous occurrence if for no other reason than to avoid it in the future. Republicans consistently either forget or ignore their past disasters and in the preponderance of cases are intent on repeating them for reasons that defy all sense of logic and reason; it is just the Republican way of doing everything and adverse consequences be damned. Even though many Americans would like to either forget the national disgrace that was one of the Bush administration’s greatest disasters and affronts to humanity, or ignore it all together, the Iraq war is a nightmare that is a recurring reminder of the Bush administration’s crimes against humanity and the American people.
Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman spent his
allotment of words in the New York Times Monday on an opinion piece
titled “Errors and Lies.” In the op-ed
Mr. Krugman noted that with the “maybe” candidacy for president of Jeb
Bush, “We may finally have the frank discussion of the Iraq invasion we
should have had a decade ago.” Although having a discussion will not
change the disastrous consequences of Bush and company’s crimes, bring
back the three-quarters of a million dead Iraqi civilians or thousands
of American soldiers, it may inform Americans of the intent of
Republicans defending the invasion and occupation.
Krugman implies that the current narrative is that
“invading Iraq was a terrible mistake that everyone admits, so let’s
move on.” However, and here is where Krugman gets it partially right;
that narrative may be true of some in the media, but not everyone admits
the war was a mistake and no Republicans are admitting that the Bush
administration lied to frighten Americans into supporting a disastrous
enterprise they are panting to continue unabated.
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