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How the Iraq war became a threat to American democracy

The Iraq war has had a lasting impact on American democracy, from Trumpism to the current state of American idealism. President Biden seeks to restore it.

  • 20 years after the Iraq war, America has yet to recover from its bitter lessons.
  • The war propelled America down the road to Donald Trump.
  • Barack Obama represented hope of sharp change from Mr Bush, yet those two leaders were much more like each other.
  • Mr Biden is trying to restore the idea of American idealism.
  • On the right, the American Greatness school has yet to clothe Trumpism in an ideology amounting to more than grandiose self-interest.
How the Iraq war became a threat to American democracy
The country has yet to recover from its bitter lessons | United States

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