Majorities of military veterans, including those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, came to the same conclusion. As Americans looked back on the war four years ago, 62% said it was not worth fighting. Yet the military campaign that began so auspiciously ended up deeply dividing Americans and alienating key U.S. The war began March 19, 2003, with an overwhelming show of American military might, described by the unforgettable phrase “shock and awe.” Within weeks, the United States achieved the primary objective of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as the military operation was called, ousting the regime of dictator Saddam Hussein. servicemembers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
It was the start of an eight-year conflict that resulted in the deaths of more than 4,000 U.S. Twenty years ago this month, the United States launched a major military invasion of Iraq, marking the second time it fought a war in that country in a little more than a decade.
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