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Friday, March 30 2018

  • We, the Liberators March 30, 2018

    Neoconservative ideologues, reporters' experiences covering the war, and reflections from an Iraqi poet.&nbsp; (episode)

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    • How Neoconservatism Led the US Into Iraq March 30, 2018

      The unlearned lessons that led us into Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

    • Reporting From the Quagmire March 30, 2018

      Two NPR journalists&nbsp;reflect on their days reporting&nbsp;in Iraq in 2003.&nbsp;

    • "If Death Is A Postman" March 30, 2018

      The writer Sinan Antoon reflects on how the American media misread Iraq, and talks about mourning the loss of life through his work.&nbsp;

    • The United States of Amnesia March 30, 2018

      Americans have a tendency to forget&nbsp;the horrors of the past, making each new era seem separate from what's come before &mdash; to our own peril.