By Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
October 2, 2026
In March 2003, the U.S. Empire invaded and occupied Iraq under the rubric of "Operation Iraqi Freedom." Today, twenty-three years later, the last U.S. troops have been withdrawn from Iraq. I think almost every American would agree with one thing about that particular foreign war: It did not bring freedom to the Iraqi people, at least not freedom the way that libertarians define the term.