Death, Destruction Resilience: Nadje Al Ali on the 20th Anniversary of U. S. Invasion of Iraq

As the 20th anniversary of the U. S. invasion of Iraq approaches next week, Democracy Now begins our look at the Iraq Wars lasting aftereffects on Iraqi society and the shape of global politics today. The story of the past 20 years is a story of destruction, devastation, corruption, incompetence, but also a story of resilience, says Nadje AlAli, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University and author of several awardwinning books on the U. S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, including What Kind of Liberation Women and the Occupation of Iraq. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1, 500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at Mondays to Fridays 89 a. m. ET. Support independent media: Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: Transcript: ,