and saddam hussein didn't do the honorable thing.ded another country. >> from the day the invasion took place, secretary baker led the effort to build a global coalition. they had two expeditions overseas in which they were going around from capital to capital looking for support. >> the united nations security council has authorized the use of force against iraq. >> 14 votes in favor, none against, the resolution has been adopted. >> getting that massive alliance together truly goes down in history as one of the greatest accomplishments of any president to be able to get that many people on your side, believing in the same thing and ready to do the same thing. >> what gloria borger managed to do in iraq with the coalition is to create the beginnings of this new world order. who could have imagined the likes of the soviet union, china, and then the middle eastern states as well. standing up to one of their own. >> hundreds of demonstrators gathered to protest the inevitable. all but one, that is. >> whatever america goes to war, ther

those men are the men of saddam hussein, abu bakr al—baghdadi is just saddam hussein, abu bakr al—baghdadi al—baghdadi is just a front. those people can disappear underground and can be very, very dangerous. so we shouldn't actually celebrate the death of isis. we should prepare ourselves for the next age. it is interesting, because if you think about the history of all of this... isis descended from zarqawi's networks, which descended from a pledge of allegiance to osama bin laden. we can go back decades on this thing has metastasised through the muslim world. i agree entirely. i think that menu of choices you listed being open to isis, i've think they will take all of them. i think they will take all of them. i think as they are squeezed out of mosul... you have to understand, they are surrounded in the old city of mosul. you cannot really get a car down the street in many parts of these quarters. they still have tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of civilians under their control in this warren. the allied forces are trying to be as careful as they can be, but there is stil

a soviet un yo that would participate in the coalition against saddam hussein. have happened if the united states had been a bully. george bush's patient diplomacy is what was needed to stabilize the world following the fall of the berlin wall. >> all right. thank you so much. thanks for that look back. of course, the "'90 airs tonight at 9:00 eastern time. >>> hello, again, thank you so much for being with me. we begin this hour with new retaliation from russia, russian state media says putin is demanding 755 u.s. diplomats and personnel leave russia by september 1st. this is in response to a russia sanctions bill president trump has yet to sign. north korea in that bill, that country is resmonponding with a firm action of justice against the u.s. this threat comes just two days after kim jong-un tested a ballistic missile that experts say could one day reach the west coast of the u.s. and other parts of the mainland. >> i'm convinced that north korea has never moved at the speed that this leader has. >> also early this morning, the u.s. military says it succes

question,very clear why have they been on the wrong side, whether it was set -- saddam hussein invadedran -- >> united states supported saddam. ask why did they -- >> why did they make that wrong decision. saddam finished his war against iran, he turned his weapons against the people who had financed him. at that time, we went to their aid. we supported kuwait, after it was invaded by saddam hussein. they did not learn the lesson. unfortunately they went to support the taliban. then they went to support al qaeda. then they supported al-nusra. >> the united states and you must share and common enemy in the taliban. in fact, the united states cleaned up the taliban after 9/11, as you know. >> yes, but i am talking about saudi arabia and united initially made them wrong choices too. we both opposed the taliban, whether we were on the same side or not, it is important. ♪ charlie: when you look today, what does iran want, what role does it want to play in the world? javad: iran is a country that despite able to survive pressure, despite a war, despite sanctions area we have been able to mak

america's distant past but the year was two thousand and three and a strapping young lad named saddam hussein had really gotten our goat. following nine eleven hussein was discovered committing the unforgivable crime of ruling a country in the general vicinity of the country that actually birthed the hijackers who attacked us. plus he sat atop a lot of oil that he refused to just give us. and he dropped the petro dollar which is like our favorite kind of dollars. luckily his weapons of mass destruction program has seen here gave us an ironclad reason to invade he was preparing to kill oh no. many innocent people later after he had been toppled arrested a hanged and we had killed roughly a million innocent people we found his weapons program consisted of three guys with a slingshot. which might not sound bad but the sling shot could be retrofitted to launch stones the size of popeye us. in our defense after the million people were killed in new york times did issue a correction it read a correction over the past four years we reported that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction and the

for this devastation actually on our way to mosul we went through the city of tax rate where saddam hussein was buried and we went to where he was buried in the to this area was destroyed as well by the iraqi people and iraq is basically i've been saying that all this devastation since the dawn hussein and up to now the united states is to blame more than anyone else because they supported saddam hussein they helped create that monster and that monster destroyed so much of iraq and then they also helped create isis when alongside the saudis and unfortunately the turkish government and the batteries they funded the extremist groups as we know from the defense intelligence agency document of two thousand and twelve and also from the wiki leaks documents from which shows that clinton hillary clinton knew that in two thousand and fourteen the saudis in the being isis so the iraqi people are very much aware of what's going on and they believe those who i've spoken to that forty years of devastation is more and more than anyone else. the united states is to blame alongside its regional allies fro

why have they been on the wrong side whether it was saddam hussein invading iran in 1980 they were on his side. >> rose: the united states supported saddam. >> not only the united states supported saddam. everybody else. why did they make that wrong decision. in 1988, he turned his weapons against the people who had financed him. we supported kuwait after it was invaded by saddam hussein. but they didn't learn their lesson. unfortunately then they went and support the taliban. and then after that they went and support al-qaeda. and after they went and supported mosul. >> rose: the united states and you shared an opposition to the taliban, and in fact, the united states cleaned out the taliban after 9/11 as you know. >> yes. i'm talking about saudi arabia making the wrong choices. and the united states initially made some wrong choices too. >> rose: there was a time when you were on the same side in opposition to the taliban. >> we both opposed the taliban. whether we were on the same side or not it's for history to decide. >> rose: when you look today, what does iran want? what role d

responsibility, but not a regret for removing saddam hussein.emerged, sirjohn chilcot‘s view. tony blair is always an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can. not departing from the truth, but persuasion is everything. there is a responsibility on the leading politician of the government, both to make the case for the policy decision taken, but also to balance that with realism about risks, down sides, counter arguments. if that with realism about risks, down sides, counterarguments. if you that with realism about risks, down sides, counter arguments. if you act asa sides, counter arguments. if you act as a one—sided advocate you risk losing that. you spent years studying this intelligence. the way you put it in the report and what you put it in the report and what you have said suggests as somebody who spent their life in public services, that you feel he manipulated the evidence to make his own case. i'm declining the word manipulate and using as best he could. it is only fair to him to say that on the eve of the invasion, he asked

if we are so afraid of iran than what we kill saddam hussein, thereby empowering iran?hy the same people who supported that stupid act now advocating for a war with iran? >> i personally don't know anybody who's advocating for a war i with iran. >> tucker: i do. i know a lot of people. >> you know different people than i do. i know people that think we have to eventually stand up to the iranians. thenk outright cowardice and shameful treatment for our sailors, for which john kerry thanked the iranians. the middle east is a very, very complex war. we refused to think clearly about it a and honestly about i. just as you pointed out, nonk americans have been killed in the united states by shia terrorists. our president just went to so saudi arabia and praised the saudis to the skies. our president seems determinedns to do anything he can with the russians and the russians hate -- vladimir putin hates us. he is malevolent and he is as close to pure evil as i can find. he's also brilliant.t. ii don't understand what any american would want an alliance with russia. we should

responsibility but not a regret for removing saddam hussein.irjohn chilcot‘s unvarnished view. tony blair is always and ever an advocate. he makes the most persuasive case he can, not departing from the truth, but persuasion is everything. there is, i argued, the responsibility of the leading politician of a government, both to make the case for the policy decision taken but also to balance that with realism about risks, downsides, counter—arguments. if you act simply as a one—sided advocate, you risk losing that, and i think that risk became apparent. but you spent years studying this intelligence. yes. the way you put it in the report and what you just said suggests, as somebody who spent their life in government, in public service... yes. that you feel he manipulated the evidence to make his own case? again, i'm declining the word "manipulate", and using "as best he could" but it's only fair to him to say that on the very eve of the invasion, he asked the then chair of the joint intelligence committee, can you tell me beyond reasonable doubt

some of the ayaz commanders came from saddam hussein's kabbalah henchmen.y went up aid and reappeared in iis. 300 to hades have been killed they are foreign fighters. and they will disappear and reappear in some other place. 1500 attacks have been mounted on freed areas of iraq and syria in the last year. these people are not going away. they are extremist who will do anything to achieve their aims. they do not wear uniforms. they do not fight... we should point out that they are celebrations because the people there have been living under this, under is for three months but living with bombs and fighting for nine months. —— living under is for three years. the final months were horrible and close... the desolation we have seen in images has been staggering. it was completely wiped out. and can you imagine how that you would be if that was your city? the city that you love, turned into that. all the people you know who have died, who have had hideous situations with the so—called islamic state. these militants still do have a handful of pounds in some stret

immediate aftermath of iraq , but chaos and there's this rise of an insurgency that is fueled by saddam hussein'sbaptist party. so socom are called into man hunting and specifically to five saddam and his son. they do track down most of them. there's saddam after he is captured by the special operators. and it's hope initially that this sort of decapitation strike is going to put a lid on the insurgency that is going to fall apart now that saddam is gone but unfortunately there are others who are ready and willing to take up the charge so we find ourselves in a prolonged insurgency campaign . and around this time we have general stanley mcchrystal coming in is as a jsoc commander, task force 714 is the task force he sets up in iraq. and at the time, it was not particularly active and there's still a lot of people who thought that elite forces should not be doing daily operations. they should focus only on the big targets. mcchrystal decided that we can't do that and saddam has shown it's not going to work so he looks for ways to ramp up their operations and does so very effectively. there are ori

the sunnis once in the minority ruling under saddam hussein. they find themselves marginalized, extremists, feeling empathy toward isis. getting a foothold, and the shia who dominate the government and military now. they have to heal somehow. but it's important not to lose sight of this moment. it is important for iraq, for its sacrifice, for what it's done to make the world potentially safer, as well, from isis and iraqi prime minister al abadi. certainly here to be here, that is not missed. back to you. >> wow. three years of occupation of that city. just an amazing, amazing move now. >> yeah, just not uniting the groups but how you rebuild mosul. you talk about billions of dollars just for infrastructure alone. it is a pile of rubble. a great accomplishment. >>> up next, president trump's son admitting he met with the russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin. does this meeting really rise to the level of collusion? we'll discuss next. it's a powero know where who you are and where you come from. i didn't know a lot about my personal family hi

by won the cold war and was dealing with regional problems such as saddam hussein since 1989 but now who want to challenge that system and to some degree are cooperating with the regional actors such as north korea and iran. the whole complex of threats taken together is quite formidable. you are saying that you would link the different things, the north korea situation, thejostling between the big powers, these are all linked in your view? not a conspiracy against the west but that people are organising with a mind to weakening the west? there is no overall battleplan that beijing and moscow have agreed on, they have a common ally of interest in undercutting the american security system because it stands in the way of their alternative system which you people in europe understand from the 19th century, it is great powers, expanding their influence until they run into another great power. that is what led to the first world war and the second world war. we have tried over the past 70 years defied a different way forward and they are challenging that and even though they do not coordi

they ran the country under saddam hussein, but then he falls and the shia majority took over.he government and military were on separate sides of the front line, these ethnic groups, during the fight against isis. their suspicion of each other has never been higher, but they have to bridge the divide to get reconstruction and social healing on track to some degree. that is the biggest task. the fight against isis has done nothing but increase the sectarian hatred in the country. i think the fear now is the speed of reconstruction and growth of trust has to occur at a rate that has not really been seen in the past 15 years of turmoil, since saddam hussein fell. that is a steep task, not steeper than the bloodshed and horror of kicking isis out militarily, but one that is possibly more vital if we are not to see in the future some kind of reincarnation of isis. remember, they were a reincarnation of al qaeda. what is next depends on how fast society charlie: i know it is can heal. charlie: i know it is very late. thank you for staying up for us. nick: thank you, charlie. charlie

we supported kuwait, after it was invaded by saddam hussein. they did not learn the lesson. unfortunately they went to support the taliban. then they went to support al qaeda. then they supported al-nusra. charlie cole and -- charlie: the united states and you must share and common enemy in the taliban. in fact, the united states cleaned up the taliban after 9/11, as you know. mr. javad sharif: yes, but i am talking about saudi arabia and the united states initially made some run choices, too. we both opposed the taliban, whether we were on the same side or not, it's for history to decide. ♪ charlie: when you look today, what does iran want, what role does it want to play in the world? mr. javad sharif: iran is a country that has been able to survive despite pressure, despite a war, despite sanctions . we have been able to make progress. to make scientific achievements, in spite of the fact that every restriction was imposed on our country and our people, even our students who are prevented from studying physics and mechanics. at western universities. but we made advances fo

bush when saddam d gaddafi and saddam hussein and opened the middle east.he him and dick cheney lined the arkets with all the money they could scam out of this country, that is why the country almost the republican par do is all they want to steal from the poor and give to the rich and i'm getting pretty it is all red of it, i have to say. host: from "u.s.a. today," this soldier, there is a u.s. soldier been arrested in hawaii for possible ties looking isis, he was stationed in schofield barracks. accused of having ties to the islamic state, according to the f.b.i. f.b.i. official identify the ikaika erik kang. in as scheduled to appear court monday afternoon and criminal complaint fighted in swore allegiance to the islamic state, tried to rovide documents to the group known as isis and tried to provide training. texas, james up next, republican line. caller: yes, sir. seem erican people don't to understand about healthcare for employers prior to world war ii, no one got healthcare from their employers when the war the war department froze salaries, so employers giving out healthcare

and the planning and preparation for the country after saddam hussein was ‘wholly inadequate.‘ in responseinterview with the bbc a spokesman for mr blair highlighted that the report showed there were no lies and no deceit — and he took responsibility for criticism of how he made decisions. sirjohn chilcot spoke exclusively to the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg. do you believe that tony blair was as straight where the politicians who dealt with you as straight with you as they should have been? the adopted different approaches and i have two name names because these are public sessions. tony blair is always and have an advocate, he makes the most persuasive case you can, not departing from the truth but persuasion is everything. advocacy for my position. do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been? can i slightly reword that to say i think any prime minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. i don‘t believe that was the case in the iraq instance. do

. >> in his career he has been deployed 4 times, gone undercover, he is sitting on stain saddam hussein's throne. he is married, he is an attorney. and volunteers as u.s. service organization, the list goes on. >> he is an everything man. >> out of all of the jobs, i said what is most difficult. >> what did he say. >> being a parent. >> changing and tha challenging. >> his youngest son's midel name is danger. i laughed at that. >> like "austin powers." >> safe to say, hatchet throwing went in his direction, if you get a bullseye you can ring the bell. nice job. >> he stopped ringing the bell. i said he is being polite. no, it goes to his training. >> any minute you can quit, you walk over to a bell, ring it 3 times, right after get a bullseye i rang to twice. quitting is contagious we do not quit. >> you don't feel bad for me, never mind. >> i forget he was not here. >> that is june rogers, she said her son christian is a victim of new jersey's bail reform laws, this system has let criminals hardened criminals in some cases out on the streets. >> when he was arrested in my kitchen, the of

bush, but when he just thought that saddam hussein might have weapons of mass destruction, he rallieded to at least. we are in a situation where somebody who -- listen, on saddam hussein's worst day, he could be the psychiatrist for kim jong-un. we're talking about john podesta this summer? it's nuts. >> but, van, that is the genius of donald trump. he's not talking about john podesta. his critics are. what he's talking about is selling patriot missiles to poland, nato putting in more money in their defense budget. he dropped 59 tomahawk missiles in syria on russian backed troops. >> listen, when you are in your little bathtub with your rubber ducky and telling yourself these stories, that's wonderful. but the rest of the country is looking at -- >> speaking of pulling a debate to the high ground. >> the rest of the country is looking at what they're actually seeing, which is somebody who one he is given a script and something to say and do, he apparently can do a decent job. but the minute he runs to the rest room or closet and could get his phone out, he starts doing nutty job. and

role in involvement in the iraq war this was a report that among many other things said that saddam hussein wasn't really a threat to the u.k. it's found that to see the least questionable evidence was used when it came to the issue of weapons of mass destruction as well as seeing that alternative peaceful methods were not exhausted before the war kick started let's take a listen to the house of commons on september twenty fourth two thousand and two mr blair presented iraq's past current and future capabilities as evidence of the security civility of the potential threat from iraq. the judgments about iraq's capabilities in that statement and in the dossier published the same. we're presented with a certainty that was not justified. well lo despite chilcote's findings and this latest case we do know of course that for now tony blair is not going to be headed to court right this minute despite the massive death toll that this war brought with it despite the consequences it had for the region and endless calls from relatives of iraq war victims to see him be brought to justice. but one terro

to occur at a rate that has not really been seen before in the past 15 years of turmoil since saddam hussein fell here in and the internal conflict really picked up. that is a steep task indeed. not steeper than the blood shed and horror frankly of kicking isis out militarily but one possibly more vital if we are not to see in the future some sort of reincarnation of isis. remember they were a reincarnation you might argue of al-qaeda in iraq. what next really depends on how fast society can heal. >> rose: i know it is very late there, thank you so much for staying up for us. >> thanks, charlie. >> rose: back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: we continue our conversation on the retaking of mosul and the battle against isis, joining me from washington david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for "the washington post" and anthony cordesman, the early a burk chair in strategy at the center for strategic and international studies. i'm pleased to have both of them on this program. now let me begin with you and quote john mccain who said this is the end of the beginning, rather than the beginni

he could to produce the arguments he felt were relevant to british interests in dealing with saddam husseinsons for going to war as chilcott brings out in the report and looking at all angles of how much could play out if they were tested legally or politically. that sounds like you concur with sirjohn in suggesting that tony blair was always an advocate, he sought evidence to buttress his beliefs and perhaps did not take into view all the conflicting arguments?” not take into view all the conflicting arguments? i think every political leader does that, if they think they're onto the argument in the interests of where they're going, usually the national interest, they will push those arguments. and tony blair was a magnificent and the cat. i think chilcott has shown that in some areas, hisjudgment chilcott has shown that in some areas, his judgment was flawed, particularly on the, i am with you, george, whatever. the note tony blair wrote to george bush? yes, his lieutenants, they really tried to pull him back from that, saying that goes too far but he was so convinced he needed to be with

for the people of syria and in our support for the people of kuwait when they were invade bid saddam hussein. >> rose: several things about that. influence, the german intelligence says, for example, that you still have great desire to have a nuclear capability. >> we do have a nuclear capability, but we have foregone a nuclear weapon option. >> rose: and did you do that because of the pain of sanctions? >> no. no. we did that long before the sanctions started. i believe the sanctions were misguided and misplaced and did not achieve any outcome other than -- >> rose: conventional wisdom by almost everybody is you were hurting so badly from the sanctions that you were willing to come to the negotiating table, and if you will take the sanctions away, we will agree -- >> charlie, charlie... i presented a proposal to the french, the brits and the germans on march 23, 2005, before all these sanctions were presented. at that time, i was ambassador here at the u.n. and i was the nuclear negotiate, the chief nuclear negotiate was our current president, and i was negotiating on his behalf. i presente

massively controversial report that was released last year basically saying that among other things saddam hussein did not pose a threat to the u.k. that's questionable evidence was used when it came to when it comes to weapons of mass destruction as well as things such as the u.k. and the west did not pursue a more peaceful alternatives before kickstarting the invasion let's take a listen. in the house of commons on september twenty fourth two thousand and two mr blair presented iraq's past current and future capabilities as evidence of the security civility of the potential threat from iraq. the judgments about iraq's capabilities in that statement and in the dossier published the same. were presented with a certainty that was not justified. well despite the fact that tony blair in this particular case is not going to be appearing in court with the massive death toll in the consequences that this war has had in the region as well as the relatives of victims calling for justice it's unlikely that this issue is going to be going away anytime soon. because one terrorist in this world at the well ne

bell saddam hussein i have positive and students within appropriate contact with being offered hiv tests. police have they have video evidence of the abuse on bell's cell phone but wtop is reporting that phone satin a lab for months before a technician examined it. there's a backlog for the maryland computer forensics lab sometimes lasting up to eight months. >>> heads up, my beltway driving friends. you have to slow it waiting for you. it's located on the outer loop at exit 9. that's allentown road, so what do you need to know to avoid a ticket? here is transportation reporter. >> i'm about to tell you how fast you have to go but first have you ever seen a speed camera work this much? it's really active here. we think maybe a hundred times every minute. a lot of speeders now getting a warning in the mail for now. >> that's crazy. >> dion s wellis a little worried. he lives in upper marlboro and drives the beltway all the time. >> on the beltway, it depends on how the traffic flow is going that's how normally people drive. >> these cameras just went up on the outer loop, just before the

you know we took we in libya we took out gadhafi in iraq we took out saddam hussein that you know didn't really work out well doing that and so this is a change in policy from the obama policy in the early trump policy. recognition one that the policy isn't working that since. the intervention of russia india. iran has been so powerful in terms of giving assad the backing that he needed that taking out assad is very unlikely right now and the other is a look around at what comes afterwards and i think in understanding that now we have to broker what comes afterwards now rather then thinking we can overthrow assad and then figure out who and. it seems to me crazy for us to be in a proxy war with russia and it seems crazy for me to mean for us to be antagonizing iran at a time you know their major regional player. or in my off on no you're absolutely right and unfortunately with the moment that we're in terms of the tremendous antagonism that the press and the democratic party have against russian interference in u.s. elections or involvement with the trump administration the working with

nine eleven you've got your false flag attack which is a characteristic of gladio we'll look at saddam hussein look at gadhafi look we're right right now about assad every day goes on assad right now oh he's creating weapons of mass destruction is make creating chemical weapons so we have to bomb them again this is all gladio. you see if it was the false flags that have no basis in reality at all and yet the american people buy it time and time again it seems that every time there's a major a major push by assad's regime or the iraqi regime to actually depose the isis base we get an allegation that immediately pops up of chemical weapons being used and then u.s. forces start to shift you know again against against the assad regime right i could scream i could scream i could scream because number one of my very rarely talk to your point it's insightful but this is what happened and you know what. you know what's happening right now with that with that with that whole situation. we created isis. i mean isis is no less than the people up and islam bird no less than google and is a cia creation jo

iraq is still a better place thanit is, iraq is still a better place than it would have been had saddam hussein's game. we can see what has happened. hundreds of thousands of people killed, sectarian conflict. many of the things charles kennedy and my colleagues warned about at the time have indeed happened. it is the time have indeed happened. it is the most terrible mess. i think the point sirjohn chilcott is making is not that tony blair was being dishonest, but that he was emotionally motivated, i think that phrase was used today, but the fundamental point is it was a terrible misjudgement with enormous long—term consequences.“ terrible misjudgement with enormous long-term consequences. if he is not straight with the nation does it not come to the same thing? there will bea come to the same thing? there will be a loss of arguments about the nuance and phrases. my view and i think that my colleagues is this was a terrible political mistake. it's destroyed his reputation. but this is not something that was done in bad faith. i think all those people who clamourfor war bad faith. i think all t

invasion and removal of saddam hussein in two thousand and three when al qaida found haven in the country with some members of the intially breaking off in order to launch i s. back at home over the weekend in chicago forty one people were reportedly shot and three killed in gun violence the weekend's first time a side occurred just before midnight on saturday after an argument escalated at a gas station in the crime stricken angle with neighborhood sunday morning a man was killed in a confrontation with chicago police after a swat team was called to an apartment on the northwest side of the city police say they were responding to a hostage situation the man was pronounced dead after reportedly being fired upon by five officers and just before eight pm sunday a thirty four year old man was reportedly killed in a drive by shooting this file. comes on the heels of a bloody fourth of july weekend were more than one hundred people were shot and fourteen killed in the city. staying in chicago three police officers pled not guilty to conspiracy charges in the a kwan mcdonald case this morning o

they called it opening the door lease or calling an invasion here fourteen years ago to stop all saddam hussein that's. the national weather service in mount holly new jersey has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern ocean county in southern new jersey southeastern hunterdon county in northwestern new jersey mercer county in central new jersey northeastern burlington county in southern new jersey southwestern somerset county in northern new jersey southwestern one of county in central new jersey western middlesex county in northern new jersey southeastern bucks county in southeastern pennsylvania until eight forty five pm at seven fifty two pm a severe thunderstorm was located near pennington and miles northwest of trenton moving southeast at thirty five miles per hour hazard sixty miles per hour wind gusts source radar indicated impact expects damage to trees and power lines this severe thunderstorm will be near hopewell around seven fifty five pm pennington washington crossing and washington crossing around eight pm trenton princeton yardley lawrenceville and woodside around e

and part of the reason why they became a nuclear power is because they learned through repeated saddam hussein kadafi in libya that if you give up and that the only thing that protects you from us regime change is a nuclear weapon you give up their day or they learned that lesson well but trust big problem now is his relations not with north korea but with south korea they've got a new prime minister who is pushing for much of a new president i'm sorry president moon who is pushing for much better relations kind of a detente he wants discussion with north korea he's not happy about the sad that the u.s. snuck in in the middle making the south koreans pay for it to get he had trouble getting the south koreans a pay for the trump wanting to renegotiate trade deals with south korea trump sending a fleet protects south korea that actually ends up in the indian ocean instead all of this is an extremely embarrassing and right now south korea has had. better relations with you know exactly look with the president in the oval office meeting it looks like to the new president of korea was kind of bendi

uprising is a tradesman you know it shows that what we did in libya what we did in iraq with saddam hussein we overthrow these obviously brutal dictatorial leaders to some degree but they but but that kind of is a much worse off without them it was interesting to me that putin said at a conference that i was at with him that he does not support assad in syria he supports a stable government and assad does that at this point and i found it very interesting because you know if we overthrow assad what do we get what happened in libya it was it was it was a catastrophe and also in iraq we see this over and over and over again a lot of these things i think you're done and not just because of oil but to. as war makes a lot of money for a few people the war machine the industrial business it makes a tremendous amount of money here in the united states and throughout europe and russia and many other places it's big business to have a war or the threat of war and i think that's one of the reasons that these things happen there's also resources that we're going to have to be on the resource it's a wh

they called it opening the door lease or calling an invasion here fourteen years ago to stop all saddam hussein that's why they'd say we went in there i saw a rock star it's meaning the united states saw iraq as a potential cornerstone of democratic and western facing middle east oh that's interesting there so i thought we went in there because it would have presumed that destruction i thought we went in there because we feared for our lives now apparently we went in there to create a rock into our image to make a rock a western facing democracy like you'd like the democracy we have so this is a nice little change of pace to new york times has discovered about our goals in iraq and then says about forty five hundred american lives were lost more than one trillion dollars spent and where that were poured into the cost forty five hundred american lives they don't seem to mention the iraqi lives the million iraqi lives that's not as important as the forty five hundred men we love men and women we lost but you know it's not even is that not just not as important it's not even not even mentioned. th