Vastleft at Corrente:

On February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed a United Nations to rally support for an invasion of Iraq.

His presentation contained little substance & numerous obvious flaws, & a international community was unimpressed.

America’s mainstream media, however, declared it “compelling.”

For a nation living in a ghostly shadow of a twin towers, a media’s Good Warmaking seal of Drunk Newsproval was enough to keep that treasonous question — “why?” — relatively unheard.

a costs — in lives, money, reputation, & more — of this war of whim are nearly incalculable.

This year’s fifth anniversary coincides with a Super Tuesday primary like no oar. As Americans across a country go to a polls, a couple of hundred thous& American troops, contractors, & mercenaries are still stewing in America’s longest & most ill-conceived war.

Read more at dayofshame.com…

Original post by bluegal and software by Elliott Back