a lonong, bloody war fought under pretense.ods of mass destruction capable of being delivered, and the threat of a nuclear cloud. all of which was fraudulent and phony. >> people like charles always talk about the importance of realism in foreign pololicy. i dodo not deny saddam hussein was a horrible leader who did excruciatingly bad things but if you look at the balance of power in that area of the world, w we nowee the main thing to worry about is iran, and there is no check on iran. thatas theole that the rock used to play. now it does not. >> charles? >> iraq was not a check on iran. iran was disarmed. it was under agreements it made with the united nations. we had to fly over it, we had a no-fly zone that lasted 15 years. sanctions on iraq at the time were completely wearing away entirely. it was only a matter of time ununtil it went beyondtself. certainly, not an ally in the region. what it was was theirst arab dictatorshiphat was destroyed, overcome, overthrhrown, and as a result, had a lar influence on the arab spring.

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