Despite being one of the leading architects of the Iraq War, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has taken a drastic shift in his views, recently admitting that he was apprehensive about the 2003 U.S. Iraq invasion when he first heard the idea.
Following on the footsteps of presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio defended President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003. The Florida senator was asked on Fox News about the war but he struggled to give a concise answer, ultimately saying, “It was not a mistake.”
Despite distancing himself from most Republican hopefuls on other issues, Jeb Bush stands firm by the Iraq War, telling Fox News he would have invaded the country.
A new study by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Army says Iraq and Afghanistan vets are at a higher risk of suicide than veterans from the Vietnam or Gulf Wars.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has taken a bipartisan approach to the escalating violence in Iraq, questioning the decisions of the George W. Bush administration that led troops to the second Iraq war.
A Sunni uprising against Iraq's Shiite-led government resulted in significant security concerns for the country since the United States' withdrawal in 2011. The Sunni insurgent group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is considered as an al-Qaeda offshoot with thousands of fighters supporting the mission.
Islamist militants have captured the city of Tikrit, Iraq after the seizure of Mosul Tuesday. Islamist militants have taken hold of the northern city of Tikrit, Iraq a day after militants seized Mosul, the second-largest city in the country.
