An opinion piece reflects on the Iraq War's intelligence failures and draws parallels to the Iran conflict.

Trump, Vance, Hannity and other Iran war advocates are falling into a familiar trap. Among the minority of Americans and others who support the war with Iran, there is a tendency to say it is nothing like the Iraq War that began in 2003 and has become entrenched in American memory as a disastrous failure.

Ellery Majalca of Butler Twp. served as a tank driver in the Iraq War. LISA POWELL / STAFF Ellery Majalca of Butler Twp. served as a tank driver in the Iraq War. LISA POWELL / STAFF For people like Ellery Majalca, the memories of the Iraq war will not soon ...

Musician and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst said in 2003, "This war on Iraq is bulls***. Just watch, in 2025 they'll try to pull the same s*** with Iran. They'll say it's WMDs or whatever. It's all lies. It's all propaganda. Never trust the government.

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