The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was sold as a fight for freedom against the tyranny of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction. But for former U.S. defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his elite Pentagon strategists, it was more like a religious crusade.
The daily briefings about the progress of the war that Mr Rumsfeld gave to President George W Bush were illustrated with victorious quotes from the Bible and gung-ho photographs of U.S. troops, it has emerged.
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This is the second article posted today which likens what the US and UK colonial imperialism to a Holy war. This and Milibands likening of the Iraq war to the Crusades gives indications of how it is going to be portrayed
Ol' Rumpelstiltfeld and his fairy tales spinning lies into gold is his work.
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