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The Documentary: Iraq War: A choice of horrors

A choice of horrors

18/03/2023 GMT

Iraq War: A choice of horrors

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Iraq War: A choice of horrors

After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?

In the aftermath of the disastrous war in Iraq, the lesson seemed clear: the West should never intervene in foreign conflicts. But then came the Syrian civil war, and the invasion of Ukraine, and the withdrawal from Afghanistan. So 20 years on, Caroline Wyatt – who has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan and Russia – takes us back to the choice of horrors the West faced in 2003, and examines how the legacy of that fateful decision shapes foreign policy today, for good or ill.

(Photo: Iraqis hit the head of a former Saddam Hussein statue with their shoes following the Friday prayer in Al-Sader City, formerly Saddam City, Iraq, 26 December 2003. Credit: Jamal Nasrallah/EPA-EFE/Rex/Shutterstock)

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