Washington's victory in Iraq did not liberate but imprisoned the country in warfare

US marines and Iraqis watch as the statue of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is toppled at al-Fardous Square in Baghdad in 2003. Photograph: Wathiq Khuzaie /Getty Images The US war on Iraq, launched 20 years ago on Monday, became a significant turning point for the eastern Arab world due to the fall of a third key country from the regional front designed to secure the sovereignty and independence of the region. For decades, wars have felled Arab countries like dominoes, if not by design then by default. The 1948 Israel-Arab war began this process. Arab governments and people responded to…