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Was Invading Iraq Worth It?

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The Iraqi WMDs did not exist. The replacement regime in Iraq is not a democracy in any usual sense of the word. But 10 years on, it would be wrong to say the war achieved nothing, says David Frum.

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How to assess the Iraq war as we near its 10th anniversary?

Most Americans have condemned it as a disastrous mistake: a war fought for mistaken reasons, at excessive cost, that failed to achieve its stated objectives.

The Iraqi WMDs did not exist.

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