first, it's hard to concede that it would take more forces in post-saddam iraq than to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of saddam's security forces and his army. hard to imagine. >> ron, i never mastered the ability to speak as if every word of opinion i offer is a fact that has already been received. it's done and there's been a verdict cast. these neocons, can be charming people. perle certainly is. you spend time and they're great to have dinner with. they're fine. they speak in a manner in which total, absolute conviction or salesman ship, if you will, translates into, well, it sounds like that's true when they'll argue things that haven't been established. they deny they can go in there easy. it's going to be an easy war. we're going to get the cheap oil, get jobs out of it. everything will be great and hardly anybody will be killed. they say it as if they're god. how do you explain that, ron? >> well, it's the notion of ideology. we have history's big idea. we may go to our grave not having the proof we desire. we will not flinch. we will stick to the script. re

troops to provide stability in post-saddam iraq are wildly off the mark. rst, it's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-saddam iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure saddam's security forces in his army. hard to imagine. >> you know -- >> i've never mastered the ability to speak as if every word of opinion i offer is a fact that's been received. it's already done and there's been a verdict cast. these neo-cons and many of them can be charming people. perle certainly is, and they're great to have dinner and they're fine, but they speak in a manner with total, absolute conviction or salesmanship, if you will, translates that it sounds like that's true when they argue things that they haven't been established and they deny they can go in there easy and it will be an easy war and we'll get the cheap oil and everything will be great and hardly anybody will get killed and they say it as if they're god. how do you explain that, ron. >> well, it's the notion of ideology. we have history's big idea. we

troops to provide stability in post-saddam iraq are wildly off the mark. t's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-saddam iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure saddam's security forces in his army. hard to imagine. >> you know -- >> i've never mastered the ability to speak as if every word of opinion i offer is a fact that's been received. it's already done and there's been a verdict cast. these neo-cons and many of them can be charming people. perle certainly is, and they're great to have dinner and they're fine, but they speak in a manner with total, absolute conviction or salesmanship, if you will, translates that it sounds like that's true when they argue things that they haven't been established and they deny they can go in there easy and it will be an easy war and we'll get the cheap oil and everything will be great and hardly anybody will get killed and they say it as if they're god. how do you explain that, ron. >> well, it's the notion of ideology. we have history's big idea. we may g

troops to provide stability in post saddam and iraq are wildly off the mark a decade later with four thousand four hundred eighty four american military personnel dead more than thirty two thousand fish. injured and tens of thousands of other suffering the mental impacts of the iraq war those predictions proved to be right on point as for the damage this war caused the iraqi and american people do you think the american people are prepared for a long costly and bloody battle with a significant american casualties i don't i don't think it's likely won't fall that way too because i really do believe we will be greeted as liberators anywhere from one hundred twenty five thousand to one million iraqis died the u.s. went into recession that cost millions of families their jobs and homes and the notion of a noble nation riding in on white stallions to liberate a depressed people turned out to be smoke and mirrors so ten years later with the iraq war behind us did the us earn anything from this unpopular war we see that iraq changed washington as much as what. you see how much there is conc

likely to share with us the considerable burden of rebuilding a secure and peace -- peaceful post- saddam iraq. -- bush speech in cincinnati has made my vote easier. even though the resolution before the senate is not as strong as i would like in requiring the diplomatic route first and placing highest priority on a simple requirement for unlimited inspection, i will take the president at his word, that he will try hard to pass a un resolution and will seek to avoid war, if at all possible. washington journal continues. we are back with the barbara lee, a critic of the iraq war from the beginning. why were you opposed going in? i was opposed because the inspections process was halted. there were no weapons of mass the information we had, but i thought it would make more sense and we would insure that we would not send harms wayd women in if we knew there were weapons of mass destruction and a rock. -- iraq. during the debate, i authored an amendment to the resolution that said let's hold up, let's allow complete inspections and determine what the next move would be. i know many members say the

iraq a decade after u.s. led forces invaded the country to post saddam hussein that program coming up next. hold it. hold it. real live. good speech. if you. will. look. bomb if something good. interests me to. come out and find a little. a clear image of iraq after a facial. twenty day taxi trip through the country. the roads full of dangerous. clear evidence from north to south. the route of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. taxi on our t.v. . download the official r.t. application for yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television well it just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch ati anytime anywhere. visiting the general hospital in fallujah is like living it was a nightmare. children with two heads tumors malformations missing limbs and macabre an unbearable little they say every family here is sheltering or hiding a deformed monstrous child. who. get away and the grandmother of my daughter cries all day long it but she hopes to see her daughter get better. i deeply affected i leave the

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iraq. we'll discuss how the country is faring post-saddam and debate the question a lot of people are askingit worth it? that's next on "the five." ♪ ♪ >>> my fellow citizens, at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. we will defend the freedom. we will bring freedom to others. we will prevail. >> greg: what is going on over there? all right. today is the tenth anniversary of the iraq war. all over the network you hear what did we learn? the media likes to say no more veet ma'am but when there is a war it's always a vietnam to them. it's the david/goliath narrative they can't shake. but the problem with iraq. we won. it wasn't pretty and you can question the cost definitely, but we won. the media is miffed. i'm ready for lecture, how immoral the war was and how you knew wmds war lie and it was about oil and enriching the defense industry and how unlike every other policy makers in world you didn't fall for it. i guess it's better to dither on the throne where things

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argue that the iraq war would assure an unprecedented levels of democracy in the middle east in april of two thousand and two he wrote the washington post that time is running short saddam has weapons of mass destruction he's working on nuclear weapons and he has every incentive to pass them on to terrorists who will use them against us we cannot hold the self-defense of the united states hostage to the solving of a century old regional conflict krauthammer was one hundred percent wrong about the iraq. finally there's emmas in b.c. is joe scarborough he was one of the strongest proponents of war with iraq outside of fox news in march of two thousand and three p. to make claims that toppling saddam hussein would mean the end of his weapons of mass destruction in april of two thousand and three scarborough so that for six months george bush dick cheney and donald rumsfeld have been telling the world the people of iraq need to be liberated from saddam hussein's bloody reign has three weeks of showing us just how right these three men have been in that same commentary scott discover all pondered whether journalists at the new york times and n.p.r. a.b.c. here at c.n.n. are

posts. >> the brother is in charge of security, the cousins of the banking system, in-laws in security as well, and military. so the reality is, this is a family business. >> narrator: like saddam hussein in iraq assad's ba'ath party repressed any ethnic or religious challenges. >> the ba'ath party promised to get rid of sectarianism. he demanded, and for the most part the syrian population was receptive to, this faustian bargain that the syrian people would accept less freedom and liberty return for stability. >> narrator: he took in millions in soviet military aid and formed an alliance with iran, which still endures. >> the relationship with iran is very unusual. syria is a secular state ruled by a secular arab nationalist party, the ba'ath party. iran is an islamic republic. so they don't seem to be a marriage made in heaven. but it's a symbiotic relationship that's based on strategic necessity. >> it's not a particularly natural alliance, if you will. but for reasons of common enmity towards iraq, towards israel and other regions, they did form this alliance that has been the strongest, the most enduring in the region. >> narrator: but back in the early 1980s, while assad was building an

saddam hussein was bluffing. he had no weapons of mass destruction. it didn't matter, though. we were stuck in iraq, suffering through ied attacks, abu ghraib, postumatic stress disorder and more. according to a new report by brown university, 190,000 have been killed in iraq. 70% of them civilians. 4,488 of them u.s. service members. the war cost you, taxpayers, $2.2 trillion. the cost of rebuild iraq, $60 billion, although most of that money went to contractors and military police. the rest was lost to fraud. as far as making america safer, sadam was a cruel dictator and you could argue he was unstable. but saddam hussein had no weapons of mass destruction and no ties to al qaeda. the talkback question, what did we learn from the iraq war? facebook.com/carol cnn, or tweet me @carolcnn. >>> up next, the fiscal fight in washington is taking the toll. and the next casualty could be the easter bunny. political buzz is next. [ female announcer ] how do you define your moment? the blissful pause just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, al