he said i hated saddam hussein and i would do it again or anything to remove saddam hussein from power pics everybody was being played along, and there was a failures in leadership, failures in intel and failures in imagination. >> a quick question. we have two, three minutes left. you need to please come up after your go ahead. >> what do you think the consequences have been in military activity since the vietnam war of victimization of the ordinary, nonmilitary people in the countries we have invaded? .. i need to whine this out. lest we forget we had a great ceremony last night. the university students killed in the iraq war. any program, first page inside is a poem word from one of the most famous poems that is often right at military funerals. and i'm going to read it. if you like it, you can join me. they shall not grow old as the left grows old. age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn them in the morning, we will remember them. so i want to thank our panelists, are wonderful panelists for coming here today and mr. alan king, ms guy. i want to thank you all for coming. i

led invasion toppled saddam hussein in two thousand and three. in the shiite stronghold of saddam city named after this father there was widespread joy when early results were released now it's confirmed saddam's bloc captured fifty four parliamentary seats. who led to uprisings against u.s. occupation troops was sidelined for years by iranian backed rivals was able to capitalize on growing resentment over terror and back to governments who failed to improve basic services and build hospitals and schools in a country devastated by the war against islamic state although he can't hold office because he didn't run in the election his blocks of victory could allow him to wield influence from the sidelines. we hope that outsiders syren bloc which is the biggest block will form a new government it's the list that represents all iraqis and meets their hopes. the people welcome this block some politicians with the support of the regional countries are working to remove the room block from the political process but iraqis fully back this block and its lea

the problem was saddam did not believe it was going to happen. saddam lived in his own magic world. people said he was irrational -- not true. i read his stuff. perfectly rational from a guy in tikrit in an environment of kill or be killed. not saying it is a bad thing, but the way he functioned was inappropriate for understanding us. by the way, we didn't understand him either. i would ask you to think about this. one of the things steve and i did was trying to teach americans empathy for the other side. the first effort was a woman named ruth benedict who wrote a anthropological analysis of the japanese empire. understanding the other side, or at least having some empathy, not sympathy, but empathy, gives you the chance to understand. saddam had sympathy for us in strange places. at one point they were talking about the possibility of us attacking. he said, why would they do that? one said, because iraq had supported puerto rican independence. ringos would want to go after the. even saddam hussein thought that was off the reservation. that culture thinks differently than we do. it

they also tried to tell saddam hussein. one of the things they got to do is i got to read the iraqi documents because in 2003, we captured them. if the documents were not destroyed in the fighting, i had access to them. the translated documents. i had a penpal who was a republican forces commander and better yet an israeli intelligence officer who wrote a 1200 facebook on the iraqi army. -- 1200 page book on the iraqi army. i don't think anyone is as interested in the iraq he army then he is except for me. it is an incredible book. he helped me translate some of the stuff i could get at. they knew how many tanks we had. they candidate as we went through going last to reposition to get out to the west front. they had really solid intelligence that we would attack as far back as august of 1990. the problem was saddam did not really believe it was going to happen. saddam lived in his own magic world. people said he was irrational -- not true. i have read his stuff. it is perfectly rational from a guy in tikrit in an environmen

for the very first time in saddam's life she sees a picture of her great grandfather would rather he was murdered and auschwitz saw for the good looking. than just the very first time she gets to watch out but video testimonies one feature of her great aunt how the guy was a last of of my family really really. strong connection yes we've seen this before passing away how to go told saddam about the horrific things he experienced in the holocaust things he had never told anyone before. it's all right he's the only family member left to keep the memory you know alive it's a huge responsibility. it's hard to describe what i'm feeling now that i know all this. i'm deeply moved because i've finally seen a photo of my great grandfather and seen his handwriting. and that gives me a better sense of his personality i feel like i know him back here. after i'm alive but i'm also somewhat overwhelmed it's a lot to take in. after visiting the archives these are explores your advice shams holocaust history museum knowing what her family members suffered has left a lasting impression on her. soon s

what do you think about iraq now in comparison to what it was like when saddam was in power? are on the move again. this city is awash with weapons left over from the war and the fight against isis. the team are looking for their second target. young men of the house are hauled out of their rooms. but the man they are after is missing. what has happened? it is hard to ignore basra's crippled infrastructure. and it is in these impoverished districts where crystal meth addiction flourishes. many addicts and dealers end up here at the prison. this man is the deputy governor. what are the issues you face here? prison authorities have had to expand detention centres to cope with the numbers of attics and dealers. major, this is one of the rooms? how many people in this room? and this is a combination of drug dealers and drug users? yeah. you just keep them all here together in one room? yeah. i am taken deep into the prison to see what the conditions are like for those who have been convicted. quite overwhelming. i mean, i've been to many prisons in many parts of the world but to

down discovered files with many details about saddam's family history including the family's deportation to auschwitz concentration camp q. she point. details of the transport including the names of a good officer don't you know thomas entirely got the file documents the last time they were all together. so it was a grandfather thomas survived off rates he was an important influence on her as a child star spots one of missing inmate i.d.'s. because he of course we most so it took from him avenues to him like you see. him there but he is the future is here. for the very first time in saddam's life she sees a picture of her great grandfather who he was murdered in auschwitz saw for the good looking. and just the very first time she gets to watch out but video testimonies one feature is her great aunt how we got those of us alive my family really ready to be a strong connect yes we've seen this before passing away how to go towards our own about the horrific things she experienced in the holocaust things she had never told anyone before. it's all right is the only family member left to keep

there were a lot of people just waiting in the wings to create a functioning democracy as soon as saddam hussein was removed from power. - i was stunned really by the degree to which we knew a great deal about saddam hussein's weapons programs and military. and about the bath party, and very little about the tribal or religious make up of iraq. that meant that when we went into iraq, we didn't have intellectual basis we needed to do proper planning. - [narrator] as us defense capabilities expand, so do concerns over the militarization of american foreign policy. - clearly, the center of gravity had moved to the pentagon, where it remains. that, i think, has become even more true under the trump administration, where the state department is not only having its budget cut, but it's being downgraded in more subtle ways, as being just a rather sort of useless tool in an outdated world. - now there is an emphasis on downgrading soft power. the trump administration is talking about relying much more heavily on hard power. particularly, military power. i think that is a mistake. - if you don't

them bombed military bases to avoid direct will syria chose self-preservation even in iraq in the saddam era israel hit the atomic power plants whenever the zionists wanted they would break the sonic wall and attack the south of lebanon and syria iraq and other countries so far they haven't seen any response but recently they saw the f.

if you take out saddam, saddam's regime, i guarantee you that we will have a normal -- tlat have enormousositive reverberations on the region. clearly, that wasn't the case. and the administration was egged on to war. so just take that and describe the danger of this kind of chest-beating and attempt to influence as well as inform as former cia director michael hayden said about internet new england presentation. >> so if president trump decides to withdraw the united states from the nuclear agreement on may 12, the big question will be how does iran react. and i've heard different things from iranian officials. one option would be to go to the commission that has been established by the agreement and complain that the u.s. has abrogated the agreement, which would clearly be the case, and seek a commitment from the europeans and the other parties, russia and china, to try to keep the deal in place. absent u.s. participation. but that will be very difficult to do, because u.s. secondary sanctions will discourage european companies from doing business in iran. another option is for tehran t

if you take out saddam, saddam's regime, i guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberationsn the region. >> your reaction? >> well, i mean, you can't -- you can't accuse prime minister netanyahu of not being consistent in his approach anyhow. he was very vocally advocating that particular policy towards iraq. we know the basis for that. he was equally vocal advocating that policy towards iran. as a matter of fact, what he presented the other day was something that confirmed that iran closed down its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and there was nothing in what he said that indicated that they were violating the agreement now. but his agenda is a wider one, and i would say now it's more dangerous. >> carl bildt, thanks so much for joining us from stockholm on this fateful day. that's it for our program tonight. thanks for watching us on pbs, and join us again tomorrow night. ♪ ♪ ♪

fifteen years since the fall of saddam hussein the oil rich country still struggles to provide power nationwide its authorities estimate the country needs close to ninety billion dollars to rebuild infrastructure that they need. that informal eye of strongholds like they are not a shit in addition i mean no it means nothing to me they've done nothing and nothing has changed we're living like homeless people we have no clothes no water no electricity look at it here things are still the same they come in give us a key to a price of lentils and say vote for us to the next prime minister will face several of the challenges smoothing the sooner she liked rick which is deep enduring a body's tenure some soon eyes you can plan on and i like should boycott the also be on high alert to push any lingering i support with some polling stations already under threat of extremist attack. or for the latest on the iraqi vote to karim joins us on the line now from baghdad so far we've just heard in our report lots of issues on the minds of voters but do they expect this election to change anything se

what if the american come to topple saddam hussein, they will be happy and would not say no.t the american scenario in permitted now and they are waiting for that. do others think that is a likely scenario? i take your point about sanctions as far as the people and a popular uprising but no way under trump is he going to repeat the george bush invasion, toppling regime change, that is not go to happen. he is an isolationist and a protectionist, he... even withjohn bolton as national security adviser? they want to pull america out of the world, that is the point. oddly enough, so did obama. he was an isolationist of sorts. he wanted to pull america's commitment to defending the free world... hang on, israel is now talking to putin. there is much more going on on the back channels, much more to be cynical about as i said before. i don't think, frankly, because i am a cynic and not an optimist, that there is going to be a war, a proper war in the traditional sense in the middle east. there is going to be a rather nasty, sordid carve up and that is all is going to happen. present

led invasion toppled dictator saddam hussein back in two thousand and three security forces are on high alert as the nation heads to the polls borders and airports will remain closed as you as i asked militants are still active in pockets of the country. well here's a look at the central issues that have dominated the campaign. voting time came early for these soldiers and back dant your mcduff with a cough and you know we're somewhere with cough and establishment of the special voting days for security stuff who will be working during saturday's election. yes why they can't leave their post on election day to vote and completely disregard voter safety when they want to know your. home. i mean security is paramount in iraq's first parliamentary elections since to defeat the so-called islamic state group another main talking point is the influence of iran several main run us of close ties of to iran wins from them and gains from shia candidates iran's dominant faith could both to support for the regime the fight for power is mainly split between the pro west an incumbent prime minister h

the guy that twenty twenty twenty two thousand and two netanyahu predicted that if we got rid of saddam hussein there would be huge positive reverberations throughout the middle east and that's the same guy we're going to listen to on a ranch so yeah it's disturbing but you know we'll see how it shakes out. just to make a correction there i want to again refer john bolton as michael bolton of course everyone has one has got a mustache and the other one's and they all come that way i got to mix them anyway there's two different guys there so. yeah i mean but this middle east pressure cookers been building out for decades and. you know the prognosis there is quite terrifying but live is that potentially trump could be pulling out of u.s. military and south korea as part of a global kind of retrenchment of the pentagon and a lot of posturing going on in the middle east could also bring a prelude to a deescalation of military spending because a he's not a guy who likes to waste money even though it's the bank of the few times he knows why waste money i mean i think those are valid points ho

old mark or hang them as they did to saddam hussein you know if the north koreans feel the u.s. is going to destroy their country it would affect all the countries in that area. while the leaders south korea say that donald trump deserves to win a nobel peace prize for his efforts we gauge public opinion on the matter in the united states. which world leader has done the most for world peace three. that's a tough one but i guess i'd point to him as a moon of south korea and can you point to which world leader has done the most for world peace out of these three. and we will. hear you tell us why. from the only one that's been able to get these people to talk to each other. the leader of south korea has suggested that donald trump be given the nobel prize oh my god no he doesn't do that and you know what. i find it difficult to give donald trump credit for anything is the worst thing i ever heard oh my god. yeah that's not going to have. another new barcelona defender p.k. turned camera man is his side celebrated winning the spanish league title in ten years the careful and footb

david: subsequently president bush decided to invade iraq to topple saddam hussein. light of hindsight, had you known there were no weapons of mass instruction, would you have still gone forward? condoleezza: i say to people what you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not yesterday. believed as all the intelligence agencies around the world did that he had weapons of mass to and was reconstituting them quickly, and it was on that basis that we decided that you finally had to do with the international community had been threatening to do to have serious consequences. in retrospect, i don't know if we had known what we would have done. i still think the world is better off without saddam hussein. he was a cancer in the region. through anwent extraordinarily difficult time, and the thing i would do differently is how we rebu rebut iraq. i would rather be iragi than syrian today. iraq has a chance to be a stabilizing element because they have an accountable government, the kurds and baghdad are finding some way of dealing with one another, and it is a very d

i will say this, i still think the world is better off without saddam hussein.cancer in the region. and well in iraq went through an extraordinarily difficult time, i think we made a lot of mistakes postwar, in rebuilding iraq. but i would rather be iraqi then syrian today. iraq has a chance now to be a stabilizing element of the new middle east, because they have unaccountable government. the iraqi kurds and baghdad are finally findings some way of dealing with one another -- they have an accountable government. think iraq would have made syria look like child's play. so you never know what you have prevented. you will never be it were to bring back the lives lost, and never be able to deal with that, but i think in the long run, the long arc of history, iraq will turn out ok. and i wish we had not left in 2011. the one thing that might have made me think differently about it, was to think that we would have not stayed with a few troops there to help make the transition. david: president bush reelected and you become secretary of state. what was it like to go a

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when i was on the national 19 91,y council staff in saddam hussein invaded kuwait. at the time there was a company that was developing, under a contract with the defense department, a new capability. it was a boeing 707 aircraft planned with electronics in the back and about 30 people. they built this on to the belly of a boeing 737, a synthetic aperture radar that looked sideways and could see 200 miles off the side of the aircraft. the idea was that they would fly around in an oval, overhead of the army on the ground, and look out in front of the army to see who was out there, and to be see whocall in strikes, is in front of the united states army. the intention was to develop this for the north german plai n, at a time in our history when the biggest threat we faced was the soviet union coming across the gap, and to be able to see where they were so that we could call in air power to destroy them before they moved. it was a revolutionary, new capability. it is hard to imagine now, but at the time were facing saddam hussein in kuwait, one of the things we were mos

anjum, slowly, as she recovers from her trauma, she begins to look -- and then there is her friend saddam hussein, who also escaped from a massacre. anger, decides what the untouchablesof the did. muslim and calls hussain, and then you have an intelligence officer is the voice of a state, who understands things in an historical perspective, and he has the ability to wait, to watch, to think in this generous -- he is a member of the elite that have been displaced now by right.w of aobart, the name character he plays in a college play, is a pretty brilliant character. he is not easy by any means. -- the love. woman living on the border of sanity and very, very irreverent, lowly woman. lowly in the sense she is a love woman, but she does not know how to really receive it because she lives on the borders of so many things. amy: arundhati roy is describing her latest novel. her second. it is called "the ministry of utmost happiness." and we will continue with her in a moment. ♪ [music break] heart" -- in the heart of the city." this is democracy now, the war and peace report. i am amy goodman

government of -- and also their interventions at the time of the previous regime and the support for saddam. and also the targeting of an iranian passenger plane, an iranian passenger aircraft, and the killing of innocent people by the u.s. warship. and also the measures they have carried out against the people of afghanistan, iraq, yemen and also the people of the middle east region and the people of north africa. and also the measures carried out by the americans against the people of -- in other parts of the world. tonight the americans announced that they have pulled out, they have withdrawn from the jcpoa. and in fact it was an emphasis on what they have been doing in the past months. so since the signing of the nuclear deal until today, when has the united states ever adhered to its commitments? there's been a few statements being released. so, has there been any action to the benefit of the iranian people or have the americans acted in accordance with the nuclear deal? and its framework? based on what has been said by the iaea, the iranian nation has adhered to its commitments and th

there is a question what's with saddam. and his working and his advances towards the development of nuclear weapons no question whatsoever. now ultimately that led to the invasion of iraq is there a danger that we're heading down a similar path here. of course this is also a possibility but i think that. the documents that netanyahu presented now think the. foreign minister american foreign minister the former head of the cia saying that they checked the documents and they're corrected the authentic so i don't think that a you can compare exactly to what happened with colin powell at that time in the iraq i think the water that we are is trying to do to. encourage president trump to withdraw from the in nuclear deal with iran because they have similar opinions that this deal is very bad to the world and since. president crop is keeping the cards very close to the chest and not saying what is going to decide and there are ten days i think that he wants to encourage him to go forward with a regional intention and withdraw fro

saddam as i was president so he has some kind of credibility because of his family but he has also he was the one leading a militia and now we need two years ago he showed a different face from him so it's going to be interesting what's going to happen the next weeks the next months talk a little bit about that because the runner up is this coalition of iran backed candidate yes. he's active that's that's going to be the interesting what he's going to do it will he call it because i don't think he's going to get the majority because you have to get one hundred sixty five seats out of three hundred twenty nine seats in the parliament this is not sure yet if he got the majority so he has to find a coalition is it going to be. supported by iran or maybe a bad idea but he is dealing with different stakeholders he has the support of the u.s. but he also has the support of few on this like the one who is dealing and talking with everyone we know about the ovo it's not official yet that assad is the winner he already said i'm ready to cooperate with another coalition for forming the new gove