Fifteen years have passed since President George W. Bush, Vice President
Dick Cheney and a coterie of neoconservatives, enabled by mainstream
media cheerleaders, launched the invasion of Iraq with a murderous
bombardment of Baghdad they branded “shock and awe.” The illegal war
killed, wounded and displaced millions of civilians. Death and
destruction on this scale would be more than enough to crush any
society; yet the Iraqi people have persevered, countering war with
determination and hope.
