did saddam think he could beat the united states in a war? many thought he was actually a rational human being who would reach the conclusion that couldn't happen. oops. fast forward 22 years. today we saw similar fears by the current crop of short sellers. you could hear their thoughts like mine in 1990. what happens if they do something rational? what if they start caring about all the people forced out of work immediately or have to pay far more in taxes? what happens if they actually rise above? those concerns caused people to cover their short positions betting that the consequences of going over the cliff were unthinkable, as what saddam would face if he had to go to war with the united states. of course it turns out there never was any deal back then and we had to go to war, we won and that was it. markets bottomed because the decline compensated for the war already unless we would have lost it. we didn't know the outcome or how long it would take at the time, we knew whenever there was a resolution the market would go higher. why take

secondly, to president obama's credit, he has no saddam hussein, which means that saddam hussein aidedcision, he would either a crusade or you would die if you're inside of the iraqi political establishment. saddam did not have to do with the pesky congress, nor did he have to deal with an israeli prime minister. as a result, iranians had confidence that saddam has a strained to be able to live up to his end of the bargain. that is not the perception the iranians have rightly or wrongly about president obama. can president obama promised the lifting of sanctions mindful of the fact that most of the sanctions that really are hurting iranians have gone to congress sonoma can be lifted if there's a congressional decision. can anyone here remember last time congress missed the sanctions and a relatively swift manner? moreover, the principle that would establish the negotiations of the principle of reciprocity. the idea that any reversible confession from the western end has to be matched by reversible confession from the athenians. i think reversible has to be matched by an irreversible co

hussein was doing, was that he had weapons of mass destruction. >> right up to the end, saddam hussein continued to harbor ambitions to threaten the world with weapons of mass destruction and to hide illegal weapons activities. >> now, no nuclear weapons, no wmd ever turned up in iraq, of course. condoleezza rice went on to become secretary of state in the bush administration and back then, senator mccain and other republicans had no problem supporting her, in spite of the fact she fell for bad intelligence. >> condoleezza rice is a great american success story. this is what america is all about. a young woman who grew up in a segregated part of america, where americans were not treated equally, to rise to the position of secretary of state. we should have been celebrating i believe this remarkable american success story. also, i thought that some of the remarks, and i'm not going to mention my colleague's names, i thought some of the remarks aimed at her during her hearings challenged her integrity. we can disagree on policy and we can disagree on a lot of things, but i think it's ver

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saddam first, and then after 2003 the american occupation.'t think -- if you think about the new baghdad, now that saddam has gone, and isn't that a pity? some of us do miss him because it's difficult to not imagine life without him, but it certainly makes these complex issues so much more simple by comparison, but the iraq he so carefully constructed is gone. so what's the relationship between persian and shia, alawite, etc., etc. i don't think it can be reduced to the simplicity of those kinds of formulas, us against them, shia against sunni, persian against arab. i think their rivalries go back, as i said, a long time. you can go back to the seventh century when the mayans defeated imam hussein. don't bother with that. you can just to back a couple of years to the great rivalry that began in the '60s between saddam and assad, and this is a rivalry of longstanding. it doesn't change. relationships don't get simple just because a greater hated leader is gone. now, if you look at where we are now, nouri maliki's been accused of a lot of thing

hussein and iraq look iran's only concern was what was iraq going to do to us today what was saddam hussein going to do us today to us today we take them out now we deal with this as an issue. stein did you want to. comment for all of that time if you gentlemen add to that that the you know the problem in so-called problem in iran you know is really emblematic of a very short sided foreign policy and in fact the the the potential for a brand to acquire nuclear weapons. you know at this point it's it's a potential but it is not actually a reality at this point however there are countries in the middle east who do have nuclear weapons right now who are outside the limits of the nonproliferation treaty and that includes israel and that includes pakistan and that includes india so it pays to have an evenhanded and inclusive approach if we want to solve the problems of nuclear proliferation we need to start by creating a nuclear free middle east and that means not only abolishing nuclear weapons starting in the middle east and going around to include all of us around the world but it mea

become leader by popular demand this began in the islamic republic of iran less than a year later saddam hussein invaded iran to gain access to iran's oil and trade routes in the gulf the result was one of the longest and most tragic conventional wars of the twentieth century all the while the us was supporting saddam with money weapons intelligence even after learning that the iraqi military was using chemical weapons against the iranians and its own citizens fast forward to today iran is completely isolated and being closed in by the u.s. military take a look at this map the country is completely surrounded by u.s. bases its economy is in shambles because of crippling u.s. sanctions and just over the last year the u.s. has sponsored assassinations of iranian nuclear scientists and gauged in cyber warfare against their infrastructure sent drones to spy on the country and these are just the things that we know about so. i'll ask again just who is threatening who i want you to picture this scenario if you ron had staged a coup fifty years ago in the us to install a pro iranian dictator if

it was of big things back then before toppled most of us had never considered iraq of saddam hussein but winning was a foregone conclusion and terrorism took us by subplot -- surprise. we thought they were rabble rouser is. the bin laden construction company how is that for irony? >> but after that things change with the world trade center bombing and september september 11th i was flying that morning. coming in from another rotation and september 10th was our first day back. essentially flying and i had come down nearly and somebody said you have to look at this. i thought what moron of the pilot could hit the tower of that size on a clear day? i thought it was an accident. then the second plane hit they sent us up to close down the airspace of the united states. that is eerie as the pilot. "o.o.p.s." is the name of the book. stephen frantzich is a professor at the u.s. naval academy and is the author. what does that stand for? >> of serving our politicians stumble. i said i need to have a grabber title. i tried different words. >> host: why did you write a book about it? >> looking

saddam hussein was executed in 2006 after being captured by u.s.pse video in montreal when the unexpected happened. watch. a fire broke out. they gutted a six story building and lit up the night sky. this is the first time he tried make a time lapse video and one he won't forget. no one hurt in the fire. >> steve: more unbelievable video out of brazil. security camera caught that -- look at that corporate jet as it skidded over an embankment. imagine the drivers on that highway right there. the pilot was seriously hurt. the two passengers were able to escape with just minor injuries. what's today? >> gretchen: tuesday. >> brian: monday night football happened last night. win turning into what could be a big loss for the steelers. ben roethlisberger, you thought he was indestructible? huh-uh. sprained his shoulder, taken to the hospital. he was done for the game. and possibly for a few weeks. the steelers beat kc 16-13. they're 6-3. got a four-game winning streak. remember this yesterday? nascar stopping short of suspending gordon. he was fined $100

and many people who have met all three -- i did not immediate gadhafi or saddam hussein but but assad was different, relatively normal, and he brought people in that gave people hope that maybe this would be different than what had preceded it. his inaugural speech was enlightened. he daneed to criticize his father's policies. so this created much of that hope. and over the years, though, as happens, as is mentioned earlier you get more comfortable with power. the sick coe pants of an authoritarian leader are all over the place. i think outsiders start to believe that what his followers were telling his, the well-being of the countries synonymous with his will being. if something says you're going to save the country every day, it's only human nature you're going to believe that and your head gets swelled. when i started to see the changes is after 2005, and particularly in 2007, and that is when he survived what he called the worst the bush administration had against him, had tried against him. because syria was -- opposed the u.s. led invasion of iraq in 2003. the syrian government

and put saddam out of reach as the ravens go on to win their 15th straight -- and puts them out of reach as the ravens go on to win their 15th straight. they go to pittsburgh next sunday night. >> were not worried about -- we are not worried about next week. tomorrow, we will take our day off and relax and try to get hall figured we have to get ready for a battle. there will be up at next sunset. >> the ravens use of fake field goal. we will share that with you later on in sports. >> thank you. coming up on 11 news, we have this information. two people killed, dozens of houses destroyed. overnight explosion in indianapolis. if a plane slides off the runway in colorado. what may have been the reason, as >> two people are killed and several houses leveled after an overnight explosion in indianapolis. happened around 11:00 last night, sparking a fire that destroyed three dozen homes. seven people were taken to the hospital with injuries. the names of the victims have not been released and there is no word on a possible cause. a commercial jet slid off the runway saturday at denver internati

it's sad sad saddam hussein sass sad sad sad and.e go to ireland tonight where a pregnant 31-year-old walked into a hospital complaining about severe back pain. and never walked out. it turns out she was having a miscarriage. her husband tells the irish times she was refused an abortion and was told by doctors than an abortion is illegal in that catholic country. ♪ >> dancing with a friend. her family, now mourning her loss. the 31-year-old died in an irish hospital, refused an abortion that could have saved her life. as reported by the irish times, she was admitted to ireland's galway university hospital, sunday, 21st october, suffering back pain. she was 17 weeks pregnant. was miscarrying and told she'd likely lose her baby. seven days later, she was dead. she had pleaded her doctor for a termination, but for two and a half days while her fetus had a heart beat, they refused. this demo gathering not just to remember sevita, but stop a repeat of her tragic death. her husband is back in india, all coming to terms with the loss of a w

the last time rockets threatened tel aviv was during the 1991 gulf war, when saddam hussein's missiles hit the city. and tonight, tensions inside gaza remain high as my colleague, alex marquardt, found out. >> reporter: the cloud of an israeli missile strike met us as we arrived in gaza at sunset. it is eerily quiet here. this is definitely the quietest i've seen it. very few people in the streets. all the homes and shops are closed up. everyone seems to be hunkered down inside. for good reason. israel so far has targeted 300 sites in gaza. missiles rained down with loud thuds if they're far away. deafening booms if they're close. this is what the aftermath of one of these strikes looks like. a massive crater filled with cinderblock and rebar, the strong smell of diesel fuel. several of the houses around were damaged very badly. and the residents here on this street say they hope hamas will keep firing rockets into israel in retaliation. a crowd of men was gathered outside one of the houses. we met this 30-year-old, who said the strike felt like an earthquake. "they're targeting civili

>> saddam hussein continues to acquire, amass, and improve on his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. he continues to acquire -- attempt to acquire a nuclear weapon. these are all well-known facts. >> let's act now to get rid of a tyrant who's abused and killed his own people, who's procuring weapons of mass destruction, substantial evidence to that effect. >> jon: i remember all that from their hit blog (bleep) old guys who unnecessarily get us into wars say. (cheers and applause) of course, it's probably not a one-to-one comparison. unfortunately, that's not fair. it's not a one-to-one comparison. because while susan rice admitted to the error within weeks, these two still refuse to acknowledge that invading a country based on information from a source named "curveball" was actually considered pretty (bleep)ing idea by many at the time. if only we had a more direct comparison to make here. sort of a one-to-one. like another high-ranking government official passing what they knew at the time was misleading intelligence to the american public on a sunday news show. also in line to be

stop it could be that saddam kidnapping children have become a prize used to fight one does the law or threaten families of the social fabric to see me in a few movie her right of the old woman email me for a fiend. have any kind of for suspicion about. a world war from you if your children are often just better at bringing up kids than their own mom and dad. and from what we have an industry that is so. concentrated on the other for trade to. eat. oh and welcome back to technology update in recent weeks there's been a veritable avalanche of big announcements in the world for that reason we've had it out to the newly opened spoke of a cube where many of the world's biggest players are currently setting up shop we've come out here to see just how all the latest moves look from a russian point of view this as i. guess you geeks the world over when ecstasy is out to look to find off a new challenge from a long time so microsoft enthusiastic fans. could be filmed on both sides of the battle lines. taking their fight. something a little. seven inch i pad mini microsoft finally threw his hat

good evening, the last time missiles landed anywhere near tel aviv in israel, they were fired by saddam in iraq. tonight it has happened again, the israeli prime minister was taken into a bomb shelter and that is how real this conflict has become between the palestinians and gaza. this could turn into a full ground war very quickly. rocket fire from gaza is being answered with air strikes from israel, israel saying they're ready, at least, to launch a ground invasion as a next step. and for the rest of the world in plain english, here we go again. the generations-old conflict is escalating quickly we have it covered in israel and gaza, beginning with nbc's martin fletcher in tel aviv >> reporter: good evening, it does look like israel and hamas are edging closer to war in gaza, a war that neither side wants, but it does appear closer with every hour that passes. terror in israel. there is another one, a soldier screams. more than 200 missiles fired at israel today. and in gaza, despair. burying a child killed in an israeli attack. israel today launched at least 200 attacks against pales

from mr saddam he said can you help me he said the americans took my money and they hurt me very bad and i just came from abu ghraib he told me of one incident where. you know he was strip nude and they tied a rope to his penis for and with seven or eight other men and then they would these were american personalities telling me and they would push one man and then all of them would fall in and they'd be joking and laughing and mocking him. i would ask him who was doing this to you mr sonner and he would say well they were there were two types of people one was dressed some type of military personnel wear no army and then the other type would be in three billion clothing i go what do you mean three billion clover he was like normal pants like an enormous panther a normal shirt. so that's the first time when it struck me that there is another element being involved here in abu ghraib another type of person there. you know with the hans used to the day i was arrested i went to work in housework you know with that i'm an electrical engineer had. to have it in i was transported to the ab

, in 1990, and 1991, the united states engaged in operation desert shield and desert storm after saddam's invasion of kuwait. so, after 1991, the united states never left, and it's been maintaining order, it's been keeping the gulf from deinvolving into interstate feuds. it's been ensuring the free trade in and out and through the gulf. the same missions the british had been doing in the 1800s and 1900s, and now it's separated by what i call in the book a 20-area chaotic time. >> host: professor macris, can that american hedgeomny continue? should it continue from a strategic and plate cav order basis. >> guest: obviously those are the decisions that the highest levels of the american administration need to investigate and need to make. from my training as a historian, i will offer, i think, these insights. that the gulf in and of itself is inherently unstable. it's what the political scientists would call anarchic, meaning there's no one power in the gulf that is strong enough to be able to impose its will over all of the others. putting it in a constant -- the players in constant compet