Seriously tho, imagine how much suffering would have been prevented if the US had just taken the L and moved on.
They could not. To this day, a great part of the US population thinks that this attack was completely unprovoked.
Interesting didn't know that was a thing. Thanks for the info I'll take it out in the future.
That only points out that Iraq was chosen as a target of opportunity chosen by a war criminal. Funny how the logic of "well it was provoked" just seems to create a feedback loop of hate that principally benefits the most powerful war criminals of both sides of the conflict (see Israel-Iran).