It was "The Geopolitical Equivalent of a Psychotic Episode." Understanding the Iraq War 20 Years On

Journalist Spencer Ackerman explains the war's enduring legacy

It was twenty years ago today that the George W Bush administration began its ill-fated invasion and occupation of Iraq. The ostensible justification for this war of choice was that the Iraqi regime had weapons of mass destruction that it might someday use against the United States. This premise proved to be false and today the Iraq war is widely regard…