It's been 19 years since the outbreak of the Iraq war. Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who was in Iraq during the peak of the conflict, said his country's invasion was a strategic mistake that directly contributed to the rise of the extremist group the Islamic State. Hiwa Osman, commentator from Iraqi city of Erbil, says the U.S. had a plan for the war but not for its aftermath.
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