Three years after the U.S. invaded to overthrow a repressive regime, to pursue the war on terror, and to liberate the people, the suffering of the Iraqi people intensifies:

(BBC) Many dead in new Baghdad attacks

Four years after the U.S. invaded to overthrow a repressive regime, to pursue the war on terror, and to liberate the people, the suffering of the Afghanistani people intensifies:

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The [Canadian] force's mission includes supporting reconstruction efforts, but Eikenberry offered a dire warning for his successor: "There will be an increase in violence in the spring, and we can forecast an increase in violence in the summer."

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History will challenge us to explain the difference between these two adventures. It will accuse of self-serving moral blindness. It will ask, "Did anyone really not grasp that both invasions had everything to do with U.S. strategic and economic interests? Did anyone really find a soft spot in the American heart for suffering foreigners?"