History Repeating Itself

Apr 8 at 5:05pm by Jagwire X

Lt. Gen. Stanley Maude

On March 8, 1917, Lt. Gen. Stanley Maude issued a “Proclamation to the People of the Wilayat of Baghdad“. Maude’s Anglo-Indian Army of the Tigres had invaded and occupied Iraq - after storming up the country from Basra - to “free” its people from their dictators. “Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators,” the British announced.

Read the article - Liberate? For centuries we’ve been ‘liberating’ the Mideast. Why do we never learn?

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