not only recognizes america's system of two tiered justice but is actively working to expose it ramsey clark served as attorney general overseeing the department of justice under president lyndon b. johnson from one thousand nine hundred sixty five to one thousand nine hundred sixty seven during his term clarke was instrumental in passing through the most significant bills of our time civil rights act and voting rights act since leaving the administration ramsey has been one of the most prominent figures leading the charge against us militarism this troubled everywhere from vietnam to iraq where he studied the devastating effects of western sanctions on local populations he documented his findings in a two thousand and two book called impact of sanctions on iraq the children are dying joined me earlier to discuss his research on iraqi sanctions evolution of the rule of law since his time as attorney general and why he represented saddam hussein i first asked him what iraq was like before western intervention in one thousand nine hundred one. and iraq was. the most prosperous. arab country in