#juveh

And yet, it endures.

The war, and the occupation that followed, changed the course of history in Iraq and the wider region. Twenty years ago on this day, a US-led ground invasion of Iraq began. Death and destruction quickly became a common sight in the country. The war caused the deaths of more than 200,000 Iraqi civilians and 4,500 US soldiers and cost trillions of dollars. Chaos and instability gripped the whole region as a result of the invasion. #juveh #sammyjuveh #iraq #war https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBXjtHoDMk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 19! #juveh #sammyjuveh https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_OEUzoFnl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy birthday, Barrister! It's your best year yet! #juveh #sammyjuveh https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_NGCcI64w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🅳🅾🅽’🆃 🆀🆄🅸🆃 When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit— Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a fellow turns about When he might have won had he stuck it out. Don’t give up though the pace seems slow— You may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than It seems to a faint and faltering man; Often the struggler has given up When he might have captured the victor’s cup; And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out— The silver tint in the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are, It might be near when it seems afar; So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit— It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit. ~Anonymous #juveh #sammyjuveh https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-nec6orUD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“It is not the critic who counts; Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, Or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, Whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; Who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, Because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; But who does actually strive to do the deeds; Who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; Who spends himself in a worthy cause; Who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, And who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt #juveh #sammyjuveh #themaninthearena https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-AorjIk6Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 17! #juveh #sammyjuveh https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp6CBQ_IRUH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 16! #juveh #sammyjuveh https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp3dSWBomNp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=