american university of iraq or afghanistan beirut nigeria the list goes on are not seen for more than one hundred years american business leaders have funded christian missionaries to set up universities in foreign countries with valuable resources to exploit those are the words of a new article that takes a deep look at some of the little herd of projects of our wars abroad and in the case of the american university of iraq so the money us specifically the picture is not a pretty one unfinished buildings under-qualified teachers scandals and an overarching monopoly of neoconservative thought before we get into those details don't you wonder what purpose these institutions serve trying to discuss it as russ baker author of family of secrets the bush dynasty america's invisible government and editor of who what why ross thanks so much for joining us now first starters i bet that most americans probably have never heard of and have no idea that there's an american university of iraq why do you think that is. well i myself had not heard of it until. about a year ago in the meeting began