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February 10, 2013

We'll Thank Bush for Shaking Up Mideast

Nadim Shehadi, The World Today

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The Middle East has seen dramatic changes in the decade since the invasion of Iraq. Accepted wisdom about the region has crumbled with the Arab Spring and it is now worth asking if this new perspective has changed our perceptions of the Iraq invasion and its catastrophic aftermath, not least because it may have implications for Syria, a country spiralling into chaos.

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TAGGED: Iraq, Middle East, George W. Bush

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