it dealt with threats coming from saddam hussein's iraq. saddam hussein is dead. his government and regime are long gone. this war authorization has no relevance to present day iraq and should be repealed not used to launch more military action. we'll likely hear an argument that repealing the iraq war resolution would undermine our ability to combat terrorism around the world. but let's be clear about something, the iraq war resolution, what we are seeking to repeal today, was never intended to authorize our fight against isis or other associated terrorist groups and it is not needed as authorization for any of these operations. there is another existing authorization for the use of military force, the measure the congress passed after 9/11 to deal with al qaeda. i don't agree with the administration's overly expansive interpretation of the 9/11 aumf, i think they have stretched it well beyond what congress ever intended. but even this administration has said clearly they can continue current counterterrorism operation ing the post devin -- post 9/11 authorizatio

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david: you get the order fr the psident to kick saddam hussein and his troops out. powell: when that decision came down, that we cod not find a diplomatic solution, i received the order and i gave the order to norm and we were ready. david: so there was a famous military maneuver. rather than going directly toward the enemy is david: whose brilliant idea was that? powell: any infantry captain could have figured this out. it didn't take a general, and several generals have made claims-- david: men of worth? ok. powell: it was the only conflict i've ever been in wor ever read history abore i could say to the president "the iraqis have made several horrible mistakes. "they put their line of soldiers right on the border airpower would n let them move. and then they had 4 divisions along the coast, and they were o ry light; alwe had is fix these two forces in place and go around them--the left hook, as it's alsoeferred to-- and that's what we did. but my surprise, the night launche, afe air attacks for several weeks, and i was expecting that the marines, who were right o

you prepared to accept that, even if it means saddam hussein will stay in place?" hesitantly, he said, "yes, i will accept that." so that's why i went forward, so i went out and spent at the cia with the intelligence communities and prepared the document that i would present, and every word in there was approved by the ci it was written by the cia. and so we went, i gave the presentation. it seemed to go well, i was confident that it went well, but then, within a few days or a couple of weeks, it started i was mortified, because even though the president had the same information, congress had used the same information, secretary rumsfeld, condoleezza rice, all of us were using the same information, but i'm the one who made the biggest presentation of it, so it all sort of fell on me. david: well-- powell: that's-- that's show business. huh? david: but todin hindsiy the invasion was a mistake? powell: i'd sanv the execution of theion was not done properly. we abandoned the army without any discussion back in washington, and then we abandoned something worse, the bar

in 2002, the authorization of war with saddam hussein authorizes them to do whatever they want. so they have authorized the killing of soleimani as something that congress gave them permission to do in 2002. that is absurd. that is an insult. let's have the debate and let's have some senators stand up and see if we can truly have a debate over who has the power to declare war. the reason it was put in, and why every founding father said they were taking power from the president, is that they didn't want perpetual war. the way you have less war as having less troops in the middle east and by having a fulsome debate about when we go to war. reporter: [inaudible] that. not prepared to say i'm telling you only this administration was ill-served by this briefing today. >> thank you. [indiscernible voices] tomorrowuse is voting on a war powers resolution introduced by democratic representative elissa slotkin of michigan. it calls for the president to terminate the use of u.s. armed forces to engage in or against iran. follow the floor debate and vote tomorrow starting at noon eastern

i see no in the world you could logically argue that authorization to have war with saddam hussein has anything to do with having war with people currently in iraq. we need to have a debate about separation of powers. i am a supporter of the president and consider myself a friend of the president. the president's instincts on trying to show restraint are good. i think he will not unnecessarily escalate things. however, the debate is bigger than just this debate. the debate is a 70 year long debate that began in 1950 with korea and truman. this is a debate, and many have written that congress has abdicated their duty. senator lee and i are stepping up and saying we are not abdicating our duty. our duty under the constitution is to debate when we go to war, and we are not going to abdicate that duty. we will be happy to take questions. reporter: i know there is little you can say with the details. can you give us a sense of who exactly was saying this to you. was that all of them or a specific cabinet member? sen. lee: before i comment publicly, i would like to have a conversation with t

professor hussein banai joining us tonight from indianapolis, thank you. hussein: thank you.rent: the latest conflict between the u.s. and iran is playing out on iraqi territory. iraq has long been under the sway of both powers. shiite muslims are in the majority in iraq just as they are in iran. but the u.s. has a huge military presence in iraq. current tensions are changing the dynamic in the region, and u.s. influence in iraq could be the collateral damage. reporter: when a u.s. drone strike killed tehran's top military mastermind, it did not happen on iranian soil, but in iraq. the country was a target for general qassem soleimani and iran in their master plan for the region, to extend shiite power using proxies. like the shiite militia that attacked the u.s. embassy, many of these militant groups came to prominence during the fight against so-called islamic state. shiite iraqis trained in iran were central to defeating i.s., and many of them took their orders from soleimani. iraqi lawmakers call out "no to america." iran's influence pervades iraq's political class too. i

saddam hussein said, okay, i can take tehran in a week.except for one country supported saddam hussein's invasion of tehran. so syria is the only arab country that came to iran's side. the only country in the world that came to iran's side. even the russians, the americans were helping saddam hussein. as kissen ger said at the time, he wished both sides would lose. it was a stalemate for eight years. a million people died. iran decided at that time they were never going to let that happen again. so on either side of them, surrounded by what could be perceived as enemies, suni extremists on the left and on the right of iran, to the east and west of iran and in the persian gulf states, again, people that were antagonistic mainly because of its shiaa expansionists ie deologys. they decided they will have influence in those countries, and we helped that by getting rid of the taliban which was one big enemy on your flank and getting rid of saddam hussein. they saw an opportunity to cultivate the shiaa's, which they did. syria is a different sto

i see no way in the world you could logically argue that an authorization to have war with saddam hussein has anything to do with having war with people currently in iraq. >> can you enlighten us on what he's referring to in your view of it? >> well, as i just caught that comment for the first time that argument that dealing with iraq -- and i think he's referring to the 2002 authorization for the use of military force and using that as a justification when it was all about saddam hussein for attacking iran. if i'm extrapolating from what i just heard. rand and i are introducing the democratic lead, republican lead, a resolution that states -- and we just introduced it -- that states that the 2001 and 2002 authorizations, one dealing with afghanistan, one dealing with iraq absolutely do not provide congressional authorization for war with iran. >> and so that is your bipartisan effort to draw a line in the sand early, even if tonight as we've mentioned looks like signs of deescalation that in no way is the congress going to sit that out if the trump administration cites that to do more in

in 2002, and 2003, in terms of iraq, we will told over and over again, that hussein had weapons of mass discussion, that it was working with hal qaeda, and that we need it to invade iraq in the soup wanted to see another 911. even worse, a nuclear attack. this flames, will lies. the war in iraq and to the deaths of some 4500 brave american troops in the winning physical and emotional of tens and thousands of others. and led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands americans. and displacement of over 5 million people. and the increased destabilization of an already unstable region. the more neurotic cost us trillions of dollars. monday could've been it's been 32 are crumbling infrastructure printed to provide quality healthcare. and for the an insured, and underinsured. and after all that, after all of the pain and suffering and death, at the expenditure of trillions of dollars, theoretically parliament voted earlier this week that the u.s. forces out of the country. and we have a president who invented the nuclear agreement we find with their allies, as. [chanting]. policy legislation and

hussein: no, it is hard to believe him. the administration has basasicay direrectly contradicted its owon justifificatioion immediately ar the attack took place, which was that they had credible intelligence thatt i iimminent attack was to be carried out by soleimani,, or under his orders. now, they are saying there was no such imminent and that -- imminent attack coming but that thisis was essentitially a preemptive move against s someoe they have had a long list of grievances for stretching back the last 20 years. the message coming out of washington is a contradictition and increasingly rash expressions that defy logic. brent: professor hussein banai, and iran expert joining us from indianapolis. as always, we appreciate your insight. thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines. vladimir putin has spent orthodox christmas in syria. putin met the syrian president and this is the only -- only the second time he has traveled to syria since the military intervention in that country's civil war. puerto rico

basic fact is that the united states in order to destroy the order that was in iraq under saddam hussein cast the sunni arabs from the top of society down to the bottom and catapulted the shiite arabs who were at the bottom of society previously under saddam hussein 60 percent of the population to the top and gave them the government. and the government is run by shiites today they have a majority in parliament and they voted for america to get out they are sympathetic to slow money they're sympathetic to iran the shiites i am locked in iraq look at ceylon each eliminate as a hero he came in he saved them from isis sweeping in possibly going to take baghdad and in 2014 he organized the shiite militias he armed them he helped iran helped them to turn back isis so did america but many people are grateful to still months away money for that now sunni arabs many of them look at silly money as a criminal in the same way that george that excuse me in the same way that president trumped us but iraq is divided the thing is that the shiites have the majority and they voted and they are sympatheti

and that was professor hussein but and iran expert joining us from indiana university in indianapolis earlier this evening and here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world for young children have been shot dead by al shabaab militants in eastern kenya the attack took place in greece a county near the border with somalia it comes just 2 days after the somali islamist group targeted a military base used by u.s. and kenyan forces in west africa opposition protesters have taken to the streets of the capital of guinea for a 2nd consecutive day they're concerned about rumors that president alpha condé plans to amend the constitution to stay in office for a 3rd term on monday 12 people were injured in clashes between protesters and the president's supporters russian president vladimir putin has arrived in turkey where he will the talks with turkish president richard barrel wide as tensions in the middle east raw which in earlier paid a surprise visit to damascus russia has been propping up the regime of syrian president bashar al assad in the country's civi

and for more on that i'm joined tonight by hussein but now he's an assistant professor of international studies at the university of indiana he's also a middle east analyst it's good to see you again professor so today we saw the u.s. president donald trump in obvious deescalation mode is that the how tehran is perceiving it do you think and if they are seeing that is it too little too late aaron getting it that way i think they are glad that the president is seeing their response or should know it. as well because they themselves were worried that this could very easily get. out of hand i think iran made a calculated response to what they regarded to be a violation of international law and they wanted to be seen as responding in a way that was commensurate with their obligations under international law and they're happy that it's been received that way by washington as as well it seems though that both iran and the the united states are stepping back from a military confrontation but there may be digging in their heels when it comes to the positions that they have these of the $1.00 an

the party came to power in the 1970s, saddam hussein became dictator in 1970 19 he was repelled withration desert storm. years later, fearing he would use weapons of mass destruction in the aftermath of 9/11, president george w. bush sent troops into iraq in 2003. while ousting saddam might it seem like a good idea at the time, it unleashed a string of unintended consequences that empowered iran. the mullahs began to exercise control within the iraqi government, supporting shiite islamic groups and militia groups, nearly 5,000 u.s. soldiers were killed i, and we spent in excess of a trillion dollars. the utter incompetence of the last administration only made things worse, despite the military pullbacks, united states personnel are still deeply committed in the region. i want you all to look at this map. there are 5,000 troops in iraq today. not counting the 3,750 additional troops the president has just deployed. in jordan, there are 2,795 troops. 13,000 inchoate, and 12,000 in afghanistan. lieutenant colonel daniel davis, walid phares, congressman mark green, i want to bring you al

feel apologies will not be enough and to dig a little deeper into this story we're joined now by hussein by iran expert an assistant professor at the hamilton luger school of at indiana university he joins us from indianapolis professor how significant are these protests and are they different from previous ones. they're pretty significant. are not that different in terms of their contents which is. asking for greater accountability of government but they are i think qualitatively different this time around because they're an accumulation. 'd of many years the same kinds of grievances against the government's now resulted in a catastrophic. yes. well i mean 76 people and they are about fundamentally accountability of government officials as to why this happened they're against a lack of transparency when it comes to decision making but also i think more broadly than out. and utter lack of regard for the ordinary citizens lives that this government has shown in this episode in this confrontation with the united states and what president trump as i was saying earlier has been well tweeting

cancel journeys, and here is samir hussein in new york.wasn't just airlines. and here is samir hussein in new york. it wasn'tjust airlines. if you look at hotels, they were also feeling a lot of pressure because of the impact this could have in terms of tourism. both domestically within china and also moving abroad. investors are paying close attention to this new virus because the sars outbreak saw plunge in consumer spending affecting economies in the region. the shanghai compositing index fell by about 3% as investors offloaded stocks, restaurants, cinemas, airlines and theme parks. i asked an analyst injakarta what kind of impact he expects. asked an analyst injakarta what kind of impact he expectsm asked an analyst injakarta what kind of impact he expects. it will have negative effect on the chinese economy. i guess key point here is how long this virus will be around and how long this crisis will last and how long this crisis will last and how long that negative effect away on china. this could also have away on china. this could als

something like saddam hussein. is he really gone?e didn't really believe it. >> it is at that level. i woke up this morning and i checked the news and i thought, qasem soleimani? wait. which one? could there be more than one? how could it be qasem soleimani could die in a u.s.-targeted strike? really incredible news this morning as it spread across the region, as people woke up to this news trying to really take stock of what it meant and what was going to happen next and, yes, the comparison with saddam hussein is an interesting one, of course, because saddam hussein was a sunni, qasem soleimani is a shia and they both played the sectarian cart very often. after saddam hussein fell, you know, or rather when he was in power people felt there was never going to be an end to this man's hold on power yet one day it was shown he was also fallible. today we've seen qasem soleimani thought to be invincible, all-powerful was in the end also mortal. >> from beirut, kim, thank you. >>> moments ago president trump speaking for the first time a

moved into iraq on saddam hussein . talk about what impact this could have on the region in the gulf, and you even saw what happened -- the aftermath of when iran attacked the saudi oil fields. >> yeah, the iranian strike in saudi arabia recently was significant because it showed complexity. it was a multiple drone and rocket strike. so it was sophisticated. and it reduced saudi arabia's oil outpit by over a half. so what they can do in the short-term can be very effective. whether or not the united states would see that coming or its allies would see that sort of strike coming and this time and stop it ints tracks that's unclear. i think the threat falls into two areas here. one is what the proxies will do th they know exactly what's expected of them by tehran and that is attack u.s. forces and interests in syria and on the ground and will be exposed to that in iraq potentially. potentially in the gulf as well. so there will be the threat from proxies what they may choose to do. the throttle point that the regime often

what i'm saying is - [ laughter ] saddam hussein is stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. [ laughterlause remember when we thought we could never elect a dumber president than george w. bush? and then, yesterday, our current president tweeted about impeachment and said, "hose republicans -- [ laughter ] voted 195-0 against it." well, i mean, i guess we can't expect the real estate developer to be able to spell the word house. [ laughter ] also, he lives in the most famous house in the world. and because none of his aides will ever tell him he's wrong, they're gonna have to change all of the signs now [ laughter ] and then at his rally last week, trump could barely get through the standard end of his stump speech without standing like he downed a bottle of novocain. >> we will make america wealthy again. we will make america strong again. [ laughter ] >> seth: did he just do a keg stand? [ laughter ] if your friend started talking like that, you'd rush them to the hospital to have their stomach pumped [ laughter ] he sounds like he just got knocked out in the first round by ronda rous

basic fact is that the united states in order to destroy the order that was in iraq under saddam hussein cast the sunni arabs from the top of society down to the bottom and catapulted the shiite arabs who are at the bottom of society previously under saddam hussein 60 percent of the population to the top and gave them the government. and the government is run by shiites today they have a majority in parliament and they voted for america to get out they are sympathetic to slow money they're sympathetic to iran the shiites i am long in iraq look at ceylon each eliminate as a hero he came in he saved them from isis sweeping in possibly going to take baghdad and in 2014 he organized the shiite militias he armed them he helped iran helped them to turn back isis so did america but many people are grateful to so muscly money for that now sunni arabs many of them look at silly money as a criminal in the same way that george that excuse me in the same way that president trumped us but iraq is divided the thing is that the shiites have the majority and they voted and they are sympathetic to by and

it dealt with threats coming from saddam hussein's iraq. saddam hussein is dead. his government and regime are long gone. this war authorization has no relevance to present day iraq and should be repealed not used to launch more military action. we'll likely hear an argument that repealing the iraq war resolution would undermine our ability to combat terrorism around the world. but let's be clear about something, the iraq war resolution, what we are seeking to repeal today, was never intended to authorize our fight against isis or other associated terrorist groups and it is not needed as authorization for any of these operations. there is another existing authorization for the use of military force, the measure the congress passed after 9/11 to deal with al qaeda. i don't agree with the administration's overly expansive interpretation of the 9/11 aumf, i think they have stretched it well beyond what congress ever intended. but even this administration has said clearly they can continue current counterterrorism operation ing the post devin -- post 9/11 authorizatio

there are more tools now in a place like iraq under saddam hussein that was dictatorship. there was not much open space for people to produce change. i think the theory that was behind the iraq war in 2003, we don't want to go back a debate that, simply if we topple regimes and eliminate the top, then somehow freedom will spread. and we know that did not happen. and i think white it accelerated in the islamic state's particular that you had a multiple fight going on inside of iraq, civil war first in a system of government that was not responding. that's the main point, those conditions are still there. iraqis are still looking at the national government with the caretaker of government. >> i would challenge the motion that the islam estate was all that too if we go back in history there is any number of millennial movements whether 1979 or go back before that to sudan. what i do want to draw out from what brian was talking about, there's many numbers on issues of governments. beyond monarchy versus republican and so forth. but what does this mean for the nature of america

the united states has spent $2 trillion on this government to replace saddam hussein. a shiite majority in the government that voted to ask the that weretes forces essentially substantially responsible for this government staying power in the face of isis to leave iraq. these would have been i think protectable consequences if someone had asked me to go after soleimani in iraq, what would happen. i would have said many of these things would have happened. what happens now to the force in the arms that they supported in light of the new guest: the soleimani deputy was appointed almost 24 hours after his death. he has been involved in many of the shenanigans. he was actually the person who helped organize the tens of thousands of afghan shiites and sent them to the area. i just saw tate of a very brave afghan woman, member of parliament, who said that soleimani since shiites into battle, 5500 have been killed. he was the commander, the person that organized it, might as well have been him who was defeated. i think they are going to go about their business, the thesess of

ali hussein is taking a look at the site.e it's finished, the facility could supply clean water to 350,000 people in the region, people like ayoub and his family. but the project has been hobbled by lack of funds. mayor hussein: to be honest, we've been working on this project for 12 years. it was supposed toto be finishd inin three, but there wewere vas delays. the builder had its contract withdrawn. there's always some new obstacle. then we brought in a new company. but they haven't made much progress either, because there's never enenough money. reporter: the facility isn't a priority for the government, and neither are schools. work on this building began in 2011, but was abandoned in 2012. with oil prices at a historic high, there would have been plenty of money to build schools in the region. that's why parents have begun building schools out of mudbrick, also called adobe. about 1000 have already been built. adobe is a traditional building material in southern iraq, but it's not very durable. ayoub b doesn't t think hi

to topple saddam hussein without a clear plan of what came afterwards. host: thank you for the call. guest: these are some great questions from the caller. you mentioned the colin powell doctrine. that is a better approach to war making them what we have seen. the issue of congress being a coequal branch of government is an important one. article one of the constitution puts congress in the driver's seat when it comes to warmaking. ,nfortunately, for a long time all the way back to the beginning of the cold war or even earlier, you have seen an erosion of congressional power in this area. you might say this is because of grasping,ive branch but it has also been with complicity of congress. congress has wanted in some ways inabrogate its authority this area. i think it is a real dereliction of duty. congress should be willing to stand up and take votes on whether we go to war. framerse or's vision -- vision was that there would be -- around these decisions. the fact that congress has simply allowed the exact a branch to make all these decisions, and you c

united states at the very time that you'll rumsfeld was meeting saddam you were meeting with saddam hussein i think we have some video. of that meeting tell me what was going on during this this why did you get this video from the iraqi television is on the iraqi television when did they give it to you recently you know we back then we dug this out of the c.n.n. library i see. isn't that interesting. there are you know. our war on terror. begins with al qaida. but it does not in. this very very is war on terror is irrational it's like saying. a war on rule a war on violence alone that it's nonsense you skipping into this possibility of conflict to a wall. in our your little kid reassuring us and we kept believing him because you don't want to think you were prime minister receiving you in that route too long as nothing was serious. when the serious fraud office launched its investigation into all the crimes that we were covering it turned out that many of these arms deals had been forced through by tony blair personally he said 30 k. saddam salesman what ever that was a dispute ever in gove

still waiting to find out if president trump has a plan that includes peace at the and professor hussein by night and iran expert joining us tonight from indiana university professor thank you we appreciate your insights tonight. thank you very much. well still ahead on the day christmas is over and wait till you see how people in one german village get ready to throw away their christmas tree but how do you prepare no thanks watching your diet and all that that's absolutely not how it's done. the opposite. the criminal trial against former film producer harvey weinstein has opened in new york city weinstein is facing charges of rape and sexual assault based on the accounts of dozens of women including several top hollywood actresses and weinstein has denied the charges he says that any sexual encounters that did take place were consensual the disgraced hollywood mogul arriving at the new york supreme court in manhattan the 67 year old continues to use a walking frame as a result of what he says was a car accident. when the 6 scandal around hobby weinstein 1st broke in 2017 he was still

in 2002 and 2003 in terms of iraq, we were told over and over again that saddam hussein had weapons of mass distraction, that he was working with al qaeda, and that we needed to invade iraq unless we wanted to see another 9/11 or even worse, a nuclear attack. those claims were lies. the war in iraq led to the deaths of some 4500 brave american troops and the wounding, physical and emotional, of tens of thousands of others. it led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of iraqis and the displacement of over 5 million people and the increase this stabilization of an already unstable region. the war in iraq cost us trillions of dollars. money that could have been spent to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, provide quality education for our children, provide health care for the uninsured and underinsured. that, after all of the pain and suffering and deaths and the expenditure of chileans of dollars, the iraqi parliament voted earlier this vote u.s. forces out of their country. whonow we have a president abandoned the nuclear agreement with our allies has turned to a policy as collation

violence on provocations and that was instilled in berg's speaking earlier today i'm joined now by hussein by 9 he's an iran expert and a professor at indiana university he joins me tonight from indianapolis it's good to have you on the show and i want to find out to start off with what do you make of these reports that are just coming across that the u.s. military has written to the iraqi government saying it's preparing to move al so we're not talking about iran tonight immediately but we're talking about the u.s. leaving iraq i think it's very interesting that. the americans are very aware of that tense situation that has followed the assassination of general soleimani and are clearly taking steps to a remove their military assets out of harm's way but also signaling that they are prepared to perhaps in a gesture of deescalation acknowledge some. measure or that is seen as a kind of an act of concession in military terms so as to prevent perhaps an outsize. military confrontation or attack against our forces stationed in iraq is this the this announcement isn't this a victory for iran i

basic fact is that the united states in order to destroy the order that was in iraq under saddam hussein cast the sunni arabs from the top of society down to the bottom and catapulted the shiite arabs who are at the bottom of society previously under saddam hussein 60 percent of the population to the top and gave them the government . and the government is run by shiites today they have a majority in parliament and they voted for america to get out they are sympathetic to slow money they're sympathetic to iran the shiites i unlocked in iraq look at ceylon each sulaimani as a hero he came in he saved them from isis sweeping in possibly going to take baghdad in 2014 he organized the shiite militias he armed them he helped iran helped them to turn back isis so did america but many people are grateful to so muscly money for that sunni arabs many of them look at silly money as a criminal in the same way that george that excuse me in the same way that president trumped us but iraq is divided the thing is that the shiites have the majority and they voted and they are sympathetic and by and larg

in fact, most people would say that is tied to regime change for saddam hussein's regime. that is why i voted to repeal the 2002 aumf. we have had troops fighting under the 2001 aumf. however, i suggested that that needs to be updated. >> where do you understand this going from here? i mean, the word powers resolution has always existed in a somewhat constitutionally nebulous space. administrations sort of like to say both say it shouldn't exist and they're actually listening to it. it seems to me there is a lot of work, a lot of ways to go to rein in back the power of a single president to engage in war in the era of the war on terror. >> certainly. and i think that's why this vote is so important. congress needs to engage in these debates. congress needs to have all of the intelligence information, understand the strategy going forward. we should certainly not accidentally or without thought get into another war in the middle east, specifically with iran. that needs to be something that is discussed in government, taken very seriously and done in a cool, considered way.

like humanity is being saved this is a blockbuster after role that has to be an apocalypse saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction iran will not get a nuclear weapon and as we came into office around was on a pathway that in provided by the nuclear deal which clearly gave them the opportunity to have those nuclear weapons and all the while he hopes that no one actually are spending think concrete because then he's just a man with a grudge us grumbling to establish a link between iraq and al qaeda is so far frankly unconvincing we're still left with the problem of bringing public opinion to accept the imminence of a threat from iraq regime change does not stick out it sounds like a grudge between bush and saddam we need to know what the evidence is what led the administration to make the president to make this decision but i think this claim that it's his concern was to avoid war i think most people would say this is made war more likely so just to be on the safe side he adds a little something extra something he knows will app

of the united states wherever the united states goes and destroys its all for they helped saddam hussein build his massive army they gave him they gave him chemical weapons just like the europeans to use against his own people and then they destroyed his army then they impose sanctions on iraq where up to a 1000000 people died during the sanctions then they invaded the country saying that iraq was developing nuclear weapons and they have links with al qaida then that when the iraqis resisted the americans and they had to leave they blamed iran they denied the iraqi people agency this is the this is the language of empire this is the language of a racist's euro centric heritage that we've we've been seeing for the last few centuries the same language that we that existed in the 19th the 20th century to justify had germany plundered death and destruction is being used today but in a different way the same western regimes and their media they just big big called the syrians freedom fighters but we all knew that they were funding isis what baiters became isis the evidence is all coming out n

well i think it's more about 9091 war because of the time saddam hussein actually jeopardize american interests now iranian ties american interests there are so many things iraq need to manage at that time on the political and military issues now iran is doing something like that also now iran has sanctions economic sanctions iraq of that time starting with the economic sanctions so there are some sort of a similarities about $991.00 war maybe maybe just maybe i'm not sure that i'm just smelling things is dark at the end there will be 2003 in a way or another the trump if he will win the elections definitely he needs some sort of war because we all know that there is some sort of a financial crisis in the financial system in the international financial system and always war. that's the way of the americans always think is that war can do something about the financial crisis so i think just i said it's similar to $99.00 to $1.00 maybe just maybe the idea is that the iranian is not saddam which is totally different things and they are more pragmatic they know how to deal with the situat

once said that nato is obsolete in now he's calling on them to do more in the middle east professor hussein but i joining us tonight from indianapolis professor thank you as if you. well the latest conflict between the u.s. and iran is playing out on iraqi territory iraq has one been under the sway of both powers shiite muslims are in the majority in iraq just as they are in iran but the u.s. has a huge military presence in iraq current tensions are changing the dynamic in the region and u.s. influence in iraq could be the collateral damage. when a u.s. drone strike killed tehran's top military masterminds it didn't happen on iranian soil but in iraq the country was a target for general case seems to the money and iran in that master plan for the region which extends power using proxies. like the shiite militia that attacked the u.s. embassy many of these militant groups came to prominence during the fight against so-called islamic state shiite iraqis trained in iran was central to defeating i-s. and many of them took their orders from solar money. iraqi lawmakers call out no to america ira

we welcome to the program hussein bug to the syrians a professor of international relations our own crew is middle east technical university for his take good to see you what is turkey's goal here how likely is it hussein that the ploy in turkish troops to libya will actually exacerbate violence in the country. i think turkey strategic choice to deploy troops in libya is the story in recent years turkey was so all the international coalitions to standard troops but this time turkey is prepared to stand troops along on one side because the government in libya is united nations backed. government from this perspective the agreement between 2 sides from last month is a very important one so also interest parliament of course the opposition mostly was against this this was a controversial decision in turkish parliament but it is the question whether turkey will be. in the next tranche 3 years in the mid in the military and it's a down 3 which is getting strategic interest or will be disappearing against the blocs the rich are already there i think the decision of the turkish parliament is a

on article ii as president of the united states and on the from 2002, focused on taking out saddam hussein and fighting iraq. what we did there was kill an iranian on iraqi soil and an argument could be made that, you know, killing someone on the host country's land is not allowed unless you can establish that they have not the ability to do it or unwilling to do it. and certainly that was not something that was contemplated by the president when he made this decision. >> i know obviously you can only speak for yourself. having been on the hill and in these briefings, the degree to which democratic caucuses united in the resolution that the speaker will be moving forward to attach constraints to what the president can do. >> i think there will be a strong vote tomorrow in the house, and i would not be surprised at all if we do not have republicans voting for this as well. what it is saying is clearly the president cannot take action against iran without first coming to congress and seeking the authority that the congress has to declare war. >> all right. congresswoman jackie speier, thank