have a conflict between iraqi diplomats were due to time and timing pictures saddam hussein quit his biological weapons laboratories in trucks little turned out to be true awesomely talk shows instead of providing clarity on the single most of mine an issue of our generation the press only created confusion it is smoking gun is an interesting phrase six years after the attacks on new york city. early in the pentagon the newsweek poll showed forty one percent of americans thought saddam hussein was directly terrorist attacks and i don't think we ever should i know i didn't say that there was a direct connection between september eleventh and saddam hussein nobody's ever suggested that the attacks of september the eleventh were ordered by iraq and no wonder the news media has lost the public trust they want to make policy choices based on truth and what i heard is that people didn't really quite you know that the mainstream media and the media as we most of us experience. was truth telling group fairness and accuracy in reporting the. study. two weeks around february fifth two thousand

took more than one hundred americans as hostages joe wilson stared him down saddam hussein backed off and released the americans for that president george herbert walker bush proclaimed wilson a national hero. then that hero heard president george w. bush make this statement in the two thousand and three state of the union address the british government has learned that saddam hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from africa a year earlier the cia had sent wilson to investigate the uranium claim and he knew it wasn't true their level of corruption there is demonstrated from the top down is staggering to the american people so he wrote about it in the new york times that touched off a firestorm at the white house coolness robert novak tried to discredit wilson by writing a story that wilson's wife valerie plame who worked at the cia sent him on the trip trouble was she worked as a spy for the cia nobody was supposed to know she works there the cia even told no that's not them published that information but know that they had. told me he asked me not to use your nam

early in the head of a newsweek poll showed forty one percent of americans saddam hussein was directly terrorist and i don't think we are or should least i know i didn't say there was a direct connection between september eleventh and saddam hussein nobody's ever suggested that the attacks of september eleventh were ordered by iraq and no wonder the news media has lost the public trust they want to make policy choices based on truth and what i heard is that people didn't really quite feel that the mainstream media in the media as we most of us experience. was truth telling group fairness and accuracy reporting did a. study. two weeks around february fifth two thousand and three right before the invasion the four major nightly newscasts n.b.c. a.b.c. c.b.s. and the p.b.s. news hour with jim lehrer there were three hundred ninety three interviews done around war only three were antiwar leaders three of almost four hundred when half the population was opposed to the invasion that is no longer in mainstream media that's an extreme and even the drums for war a recent new york times report s

this is a pattern we have seen for many years after that as well. >> so it was 1988 when the saddam hussein guest the kurds? >> that's true. >> that was a horrible thing. >> it was an act of genocide against the people with the intent of eradicating the kurds from the north. it resulted in their destruction of 4500 villages, the death of 200,000 vehicles -- 200,000 people. it is one of modern day genocide against the people. >> not to be too heavy handed, but the united states kind of stood by. >> the world stood by, regrettably, except for a few friends in congress at the time. good champions like howard berman and other good friends who stood out and spoke out against this atrocity. the world was silent. it was only until 1991 when the world was called into action and protection was put in place. but in '87 and '88, iraq decimated kurdistan, destroy its citizens and its environment. the world was regrettably silent. >> it has been a road back since then? >> absolutely. we like to say we have risen from the ashes of tierney. -- the ashes of tyranny. we have a thriving civil society in a pa

by the iraqi people he came to the west and said he didn't want to be a saddam hussein. >> rose: how close was he? >> i can't say technically, you never know, but it was well advanced. >> rose: others will argue the following: that if we had not done that, toppled saddam hussein, that he also would be a victim of the arab spring. like qaddafi. >> possibly. >> like yemen, like mubarak. >> it is possible. we don't know. it's a counterfactual. it didn't happen so we won't know. it's certainly possible. although he was a particularly reessive, brutal vicious... >> rose: well, you knew that because you had met him. >> of course. >> rose: give me your assessment of the cost of the war. >> well, the cost, of course, the most important cost and the one thing that anyone involved in having young men and women go into war is the human cost and each... lives were changed, lives were ended and each life is precious. and it is a heart breaking thing the... every war has costs, there's no question about that. war is a nail your of diplomacy and even in this case, for example, president bush made a

saddam hussein.we were, certainly his army wouldn't have been equiped and so close to the soviet union during the middle of the cold war. yes, we probably played off and did a little bit to play off saddam hussein against the mullah regime in iran, who had just expressed this they were out to destroy the united states. but that doesn't mean we were the main benefactors of saddam hussein. we were not. caller: good morning. representative rohrabacher, by the way, greta, please don't cut me off either. the guy from indiana was exactly correct. you're exactly full of baloney. the laws of war say that any country responsible for a criminal war -- and this was a premeditated, cril8 war of aggression -- is responsible for all the evils that ensue therefrom. there was none of this mayhem in iraq before our invasion. guest: oh, no. let's go to that point first. then you make your next point. what about the 100,000 kurds that were gassed by saddam hussein? that didn't happen before we came in? come on! give me

defeat the saddam hussein army -- done. kill or capture saddam hussein -- done.applause] week, the soldiers, have done that with the obstructions of liberals, cynics and critics telling us it was some big mistake. nonsense. [applause] what can we learn from america's current or veterans. there are still things worth fighting for. [applause] america has not been built on the labour and hard work of the senate and the critic. there are still americans today that know how to sacrifice. there are still americans that the difference between what is evil and what is good, who is a threat and was harmless, whether to live free or quit on this country and. die thank god america still has men and women such as you today who still believe this as well. americans need to sacrifice along with their soldiers. sacrificed doubt. sacrifice anxiety. sacrifice cynicism. as visionary as we republicans claim to be, we will make little headway if our only answers are mere sideline snipes that what is wrong with this country. our task is to show the american people what is right with

immobile but the upraising was the occasion for the intervention and demonising khadafi is they had saddam hussein in previously as a cover and pretext saddam was their man in baghdad for twenty seven years khadafi had worked hand in glove with the cia and with congolese arise in the ninety's so on but they demonize him now to give them cover for engender out of season the oil subjugating the population the population does not benefit from their natural resources because they had the disposal of foreign corporations on behalf of the united states and the western powers the resources go outward to the foreign corporations that control them the population is a miss or aided countries with great wealth but they don't enjoy the benefit of it because of the class character of the regime and the nature of imperial power that controls and installs these regimes and maintains them. and still to come here on r.t. there is a fuel feud brewing in the middle east about how egypt's revolution looks set to trigger a gas shortage but in israel. u.s. officers are investigating the disappearance of nearly seven bi

we spent a trillion dollars trying to free those people from the saddam hussein dictatorship and helpratic society. yet now it seems there is no gratitude on the part of the people who now are in charge of the iraqi government. and that should give us pause if we're thinking about spending any more money or leaving our troops over there any long er. they just aren't grateful for what we've done. >> probably like you, you checked out how the military is reacting to this. i go on these military discussion boards. and one of the guys on there posted, and i think it was pretty accurate, he said, why don't we give them a bill for wrecking our economy while trying to get rid of the menace zam? why don't we give them a bill for the funerals and all the children that won't get to see their moms and dads? and they still have oil revenues. if they put a stop to corruption they could pay their workers, fix their streets and pay for it themselves. >> it was the tyranny and corruption of saddam hussein that kept that country in poverty and living under repression. we were the ones who gave our liv

cruise missiles they're pushing back well it's interesting because what would have happened if saddam hussein had stayed in power let's pretend for a moment the world is a little bit different operations right now he'd buy it by now if the iraqi spring was going on he probably would be out to perhaps but i think the key thing you know if we want actually the thing that we learned after we threw him out was that his hold on to our power was very tenuous that he was letting people think he had weapons that he didn't have because because he didn't have that power because he'd been basically taken out by all those years of sanctions well he had to it was very interesting he's writing a novel when you look at well that's that's always a good thing to do when you're a world leader and you know you know the other thing is i mean he had nothing to do he was writing on the i'm not a romance novel but here's the here's the deal with saddam hussein everybody believed you know it wouldn't matter what the political persuasion within the united states almost everybody believed that he had weapons of mass t

doing are are the consequences of our actions not having unintended consequences we take out saddam hussein in iraq and iran raises its head iran's main concern was iraq saddam hussein this is unintended consequence whether but you're not ruling any of that out you say that it will aid or that would be i don't think it would be going well. i i am advocating it forty three percent reduction in military spending i'm opposed to foreign aid the notion that we're borrowing money to give to other countries. that to me just defies common sense i think military alliances are really p. to our ability to be able to save forty three for. forty three cents out of every dollar that we're spending on military spending and have other countries take up the slack if you will but then i'm really bothered our involvement in libya and the fact that we're there in a supportive role to nato i don't know if we've ever been in this kind of a role where we seem to be in the backseat completely and not driving the bus i ask you these questions because i think often happens and we've seen this with president obama sp

saddam hussein kept a lid on of but it is not a stable dictatorship. iraq has come out of that and is on the right trajectory. we have an interest in continuing that trajectory. in the context of the arabs spring, it magnifies those arguments. we are trying to consolidate democracy is in egypt and tunisia and it is more important to get iraq ready. >> united states has spent nearly a decade securing and helping to build the foundation of a prosperous and democratic iraq. a premature withdrawal could risk squandering those gains. that would be a failure of colossal proportions. i assume all the members of the panel agree with that? >> this goes back to your first question. we're not abandoning iraq and we have vast for -- we have asked for assistance to train their police forces. we have asked for assistance to continue to train and equip the iraqi security forces. in f y 12, under the foreign military financing program, we have that for a substantial amount of money which we feel is essential to help iraq defended itself against external threats you're

it is the second attack in three days and eight saddam hussein's home town. coming up, and you look is coming to a pop -- a new look is coming to a popular whiskey bottle. and a teacher attacked student per out why she is not facing charges not don't you don't want to miss this. the latest on over prior to graduation. and we will hear from one of the judges on nbc's hit show "the voice." >> police have said they will not pursue charges against a florida teacher caught on camera punching a student. look at this video. she clearly hits the male student several times. police say she was acting in self-defense after the teenager allegedly called her a name and backed her against the wall. the student was suspended following the incident. an overnight bus wreck in alabama aounce since several kids to the hospital. about 30 people were on the bus, most of them children. a medical helicopter flew three of the kids to a hospital. the group was on its way to florida. after a contentious court battle, a teenager was allowed to publicly pray at her high school graduatio

and in tikrit saddam hussein's hometown, a suicide bomber detonated a car at a check point outside a government compound killing at least six. it was the second attack there in four days. u.s. combat operations ended in iraq last august but the 46,000 american troops who remain as advisers and trainers come under almost daily attacks in their barracks and when they move around the country. all american forces are scheduled to leave iraq by the end of the year. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> 29 americans have been killed in iraq this year. >>> well, he says he's in it to win it. rick santorum launched his presidential campaign this morning. the former pennsylvania senator is a favorite among conservative republicans. he opposes abortion, gay marriage, and stem cell research. santorum joins the race four days after former massachusetts governor mitt romney formally declared his candidacy. >>> apple founder steve jobs is expected to make a rare public appearance today. jobs will briefly return from his medical leave to unveil apple's one cloud music service today. and it's actual

this is how we go to war, this whole thing about saddam hussein, he unleash nuclear weapons on us sonone of it was true. and when the crisis of 2008, if we don't bail out all the big banks and the fed doesn't double and triple the money, it will be the end of the financial world and end of western civilization. so people are like okay, we better do it. once again, he is using the fear tactic. >> if we don't raise the debt ceiling, you think the u.s. won't suffer a financial crisis? >> well, we're in the middle of financial crisis and it is going to get worse no matter what we do, and it is going to get much worse if we don't quit spending and printing money because we're defaulting. they say this, we can't do this or we will default on our promise. we default every day when prices go up because that's depreciation of the money, so we are in the middle of default. >> thank you so much. i wish we could continue, we are out of time. ron paul, thank you very much. >>> the greek country makes a move to save the country's ailing economy, but protesters worry about jobs and salaries. time t

to retaliate against iraq, an action that could destroy their international coalition against saddam hussein, larry began to meet resistance. shamir was unhappy with what he perceived is the linkage between u.s. assistance and israeli promise not to fight back. as expected, larry came with a solution that unique by washington standards. he took a fall. he told shamir this was his idea. his cable to be said, if my solution does not meet with your approval, please wait until i get back. i need a plane to come back on. his approach worked. powder dry. her i was fortunate to have first right deputies at the white house and treasury or at state, but of all of them, ladies and gentlemen, larry eagleburger stands out. i think i can imagine the scene when larry arrived at the pearly gates. st. peter was there. after greeting larry he announced to the multitudes and haven't, thin heaven, the eagles landed. larry, it was a privilege to be your friend and colleague. we miss you. we honor your service to our country and we will see you on the other side. >> members of the eagleburger family, distinguish

the movie based in part on a book by saddam hussein, also stars ben kingsley and anna phares. >>> finally, crystal harris may have jilted hugh hefner five days before their wedding, but she visited hefner to return her $90,000 karat ring, a bentley and his dog charlie. hefner told her to keep the ring and the bentley but please bring my spaniel back. she did. >>> this comes to us from nbc 40 news in atlantic city, new jersey, where a nearby wildwood one group of kids hit the pause button on their video games for old-fashioned fun in the sun. 40 boys and girls traveled to the jersey shore to compete in the 88th annual national marbles tournament. the young sharpshooters will wage intense battles on the beach over the next two days with the winners taking home $2,000 scholarships and bragging rights in playgrounds across the country. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> some say sushi isn't that filling. i bet they've never had this roll. a mall in hong kong prepared 118 foot long sushi roll at a crowded shopping mall. it

. >> it is always it saddam hussein territory. evan says politicians are not offering anything. not true. the democrats and not offering anything. andblicans have stepped anup offered up plan, and you can critique it, but it is essentially what was offered by a commission in 1999 headed by alice rivlin. >> it is completely and listed to think you will do with this -- completelynrealistic to think he will do this without tax increases. . >> democrats have not offered -- the republicans have offered to cut $6.60 trillion. in the end, it would obviously have to be a deal where taxes are included, but the democrats have done nototng but demagogue the plan and destroy it, leaving us with what? the obama administration budget, defeated 97-0 in the senate because it is so embarrassing. >> you are saying that republicans are going to face up to reality and raise taxes? >> the republicans are opening the debate by saying we start by cutting completely out of control spending -- >> endorsing higher taxes? >> of course i am endorsing higher taxes. i have done it for years and i did a month

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