in the case of saddam hussein, it was pretty obvious.e has a unique facial characteristics, and even with that giant beard, it didn't take long for us to realize that we have the right guy. >> saddam hussein became a prisoner when he remained at your camp longer than originally expected, 30 days. you write that you had an obligation both morally and legally to keep him safe. so you visited his room every day, to speak with the doctor on guard, but in the end you never addressed him directly. tell us about that. >> it was interesting, when we first captured him, he was pompous, arrogant, he still felt that he would come back into power. so what we had to do pretty quickly was to make sure he understood that he was a prisoner of the united states, and we were going to treat him well. but he was not going to have outside contact with any of his former iraqi leaders, we were going to put him in a cell with other people, that his days as the leader of iraq were over. but, again, to your point, i had a moral and legal obligation to make sure t

. >> we all remember those images of saddam hussein the moment that he was captured. you were in the joint operations center and you heard the c squadron command who was on the ground saying, "we have jackpot." take us inside the joint operations center at that moment. >> well, the joint operations center -- we refer to it as the joc -- was probably about 100 people that are sitting in a room with a lot of computers. again, this was 2003, so the technology wasn't quite as sopsticated as it is today. we actually didn't have a drone. we had a helicopter with an optical ball on it that was providing our isr, our video coverage, if you will. and so when i got the call from the squadron commander and he said, "we have jackpot," you're always, as the guy sitting in the rear, you're thinking, "okay, this is good news." but at the end of the day, you have to confirm the jackpot. we have had a lot of times in the course of the last 20 years where we thought we had the rightndividual and then we get them back and, you know, we look at everything from their fingerprints to their

and others tried to convince the world that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. none of course were found. it was in may 2003 that george bush then declared that mission accomplished in iraq. but of course, there's been another 18 years of american troops there more than 4000 american deaths, certainly many more iraqi deaths. and it was a war that divided public opinion here in the united states and devastated iraq. many people would say it caused a great deal of upset in the whole region itself, the prime minister himself. he said that when he was leaving rock, that it was clear that the iraqi forces no longer needed the us to fight this battle. but the still need them to help some important issues such as intelligence and training. and that is why around 200-2500 us troops will stay in iraq, but after 18 years of involvement in iraq, it was a very low key way that joe biden made the announcement. our role in iraq will be as a dealing with not just to be available to continue to train to assist to help and to deal with isis. whereas is as right, but we are not g

in the date saddam hussein would be persuaded to leave the country and not require an invasion of theessages passed and requests made and they were robust pretty did not think saddam hussein very likely was purposely trying to make the world believe he had large stockpiles. i think that he felt that he had friends in the united nations who might be the evil hundred evil to stop the united states the very southern countries that were supporting the coalition predict and prevent them from going in. i also think that because president george w. bush his father, i'm going into iraq after iraq invaded kuwait and caused them to be removed from kuwait but not change the regime. there is good evidence that who don't sit the same belief that american would not change the retainment that he would survive in the united states might commence. so there was a combination of things taking place and argued for it and there were the behavior pattern on the part of iraq misguided as it turned out and he refused to leave with his family which was offered and urged. and war is the failure of diplomacy ri

again we were attacked on september 11th bio, summit, bin laden and al qaeda in afghanistan. saddam hussein and iraq have nothing whatsoever to do with this with the plan was so good. you just had to make sense of it. and so the narrative, saddam has weapons of mass destruction and he's going to give them to our enemies who will carry out another $911.00 style attack. it was perfect. it's what human psychology proves to us. when you're a big believer in something, and you really have to do something, everything you see confirms what you want to believe. the big plan was bought by congress, including done senator joe biden, even by other countries like the u. k, who invaded iraq with us. but the truth, saddam had no weapons of mass destruction, there was no evidence, but there is evidence the us invaded iraq to take its oil. look, we're all of rocks, biggest oil fields are and those areas just like what woeful what said. the north and the south, the u. s. goes in bombs, baghdad, in 2003, that's what military bases and look where they put them. kind of like that plan. they talked about a camp

the fight, as we now know, would re john, even after the fall of saddam hussein. by april 2004, america had 144000 troops on the ground in iraq, and the numbers would fluctuate over the years as us forces would fight a bloody campaign against rocky insurgency and al qaeda. now the white house reportedly plans to fully end the u. s. as combat mission in the country by the end of the year with president bite and saying the united states needs to quote, fight the battles for the next 20 years. not the last 20 or role in iraq. b as a dealing with not just to be available to continue to train to assist to help and to deal with isis whereas is arrived. but we are not going to be brought in here in a competition. but as history has shown with us interventionism focusing on the future and not the past is easier said than done, particularly when it comes to the middle east in iraq. isis, despite being severely weakened, continues to rear its ugly head carrier bombings, and attacks on both security forces and civilians. and both the us and israel continue to view iranian ba

accomplished declaration in may, 2003 the fight, as we now know, would re john even after the fall of saddam hussein, by april 2004. america had 144000 troops on the ground in iraq. and the numbers would fluctuate over the years. as us forces would fight a bloody campaign against the rocky insurgency and arcada. in august 2010, then president obama declared an end to the 7 year combat mission in iraq. and after the 1st major draw down, just over 47000 troops remained by 2011. the number would draw to just a few 100 by 2014. when the u. s. joined or rocky and kurdish forces in the fight against isis. as of january 20, 212500 us troops remained in iraq. both the u. s. and the rocky government agreed in april to transition to a train and advise mission.

same was to saddam hussein who america said had tied with al qaeda. but in 2008 pentagon study concluded there was no direct link between what's more the bush administration at the time also claim that iraq had weapons of mass destruction. but a declassified u. s. report showed those claims were based on assumptions, not facts. economics professor richard wolfe believed that was oil that was dominating washington. ah, well the dimensions of this, the 1st one as you rightly point out, was snatching the oil and avoiding what might have happened if saddam had been able to go in the way. and the whole region had reorganized itself in terms of the global oil trade in claims of the role of the dollar in that trade and all the strategic questions around that. but you can call it whatever you want. this is also a piece of the united states and playing around with words to avoid admitting that is not going to help the situation. and i think it's an open question. what is going to happen now? which will be stabilize the region, the stabilize the oil industry. a

and you certainly see that in iraq where the overthrow of saddam hussein and the expenditure of blood and treasure and iraq only led to the rise of the islamic state. just like you can say that the assassination of fuel money the, are running a military leader by mr. trump, has not provided some sort of holiday for us forces in iraq. because what that is meant is that mr. sula, money successor does not have a firm grip on the running and back forth was in iraq, as mr. sula money did. so, the united states just stumbles from one catastrophe. once we ask, go to another 01 historian and african american study. thanks for joining us. in the program, good to have you on today. on a lighter notes, a certain british cartoon peg has been causing a bit of trouble across the pon, american parents. i've been shocked to find kids using british phrases and even speaking with english accents that soften the children, watched hours of peppa pig during locked out the scene. you like the watching not to pick has you told me i started calling you mommy all going to go to the lou instead of the bathroom

at that point it was shocking, or it was all about removing saddam hussein from power. you remember the george bush, donald rumsfeld, and other said that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. of course, no weapons of mass destruction, whatever phone you go back to me and 2000 in 3 and george bush declared mission accomplished. but more than 4000 americans have died in that period. a lot more iraqis have died. there is a great deal of instability in the country. and of course, opinion here in the united states was very much split. donald trump decided that he would increase the numbers in iraq to combat the growth of iso. and he was successful in that, on the scale, but the numbers to about 2500. those are going to be the sort of numbers we should expect from the united states going forward, but they will not be combat operations that will be about advising and helping the iraqi military. certainly we had from prime minister could even before he left baghdad. and he said essentially that the us doesn't need to fight iraq battles any more that his soldiers are m

we backed saddam hussein and his war against iran. imagine if we still had him there, instead we have a vacuum that is the number one strategic concern for israel, iran. i do not know why we removed what was in effect in light of israel? that is common sense. we sided with the soviets during world war ii, we do not like them but we needed them. you do not want to stand against your enemy alone. those who supported the war, blew it. host: let's go to roberts in greenville, texas, you're on the air. caller: good morning. what a pleasure to hear chris. i want an opinion about something that after these last four years would greatly enhance this country if we were able to transfer control of various branches of government that we consider part of the judiciary that are working for the department of justice such as the fbi and the investigative arms of government and put them under the control of the judicial branch. namely the supreme court. figure out a way to structure for the judiciary to be independent of politics. and run the investi

people who bring us into war, for example, we have got to get rid of saddam hussein. what about the 200,000 people who are going to die? talk about that, too. debate and democracy are tied together. we need debate for a true democracy. host: you write about that in your previous book, "the gipper: when politics worked." -- "tip and the gipper: when politics worked." could you imagine the picture here, it is ronald reagan, could we see that today with president biden and the house republican leader? guest: i wish we could. back in the 1980's, you would see a picture of tip o'neill, and they would be very openly showing friendship. you do not see that today. again, they worked together, they work in the same buildings, they vote in the same chamber, they had lunch together at the same dining hall -- they are together all the time. why wouldn't there be natural friendships? it happens in any business, if you are lucky. i think they are afraid to do that, because there donor base -- their donor base does not want to see that. you do not want to see them hanging around the

in the long term, it means removing saddam hussein and his regime from power.that now needs to become the aim of american foreign policy. we urge you to articulate this aim, and to turn your administration's attention to implementing a strategy for removing saddam's regime from power. this will require a full compliment of diplomatic, political and military efforts. although we are fully aware of the dangers and difficulties in implementing this policy, we believe the dangers of failing to do so are far greater. we believe the u.s. has the authority, under the existing u.n. resolutions to take the necessary steps, including military steps, to protect our vital interest in the gulf. last sentence - in any case, american policy cannot continue to be crippled by a misguided insistence on anonymity in the u.n. security council." now, if you look over on this screen, you will see who signed it. and those people - on the right, all those people were out of government at the time, and then in the next - in the administration of george bush, they come in. national secu

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the time who had a theory i guess you'd call it the freedom theory that if we could knock off saddam hussein whom they thought was a bad guy and i don't but if we could knock him off we could change iraq into a democracy and that idea would have a domino effect of changing any other government. they were called neocons. there were two things going on before the iraq national intelligence which was fatally flawed. one was neocons had a theory of change the they wanted support for the intelligence argument or the other was the intelligence community wasn't a community. so we ended up with a cherry-picked duopoly case for invading iraq and shame on me i read everything. i read the supporting evidence they had and the intelligence data and i travel to the united kingdom and britain which hasn't still has some of the most competent intelligence agencies and i travel to the middle east and i came home and this is in the book. i read everything about the iraq war. i did leave the intelligence showed america was at risk and possibly could be attacked especially by these biological weapons of saddam

in 1983, ronald reagan sent rumsfeld to baghdad to try and broker closer ties with saddam hussein. two decades later, it was defense secretary rumsfeld who argued saddam had to go. >> the iraqi regime has chosen more peaceful disarmament. reporter: in the u.s. led war was to make that happen. he and other officials accused iraq of helping to plan the september 11 attacks which it did not. he also accused iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction which it did not. he was wrong, but rumsfeld refused to say so. >> we believe the intelligence was correct. it turned out it was not correct. reporter: at first, rumsfeld embraced neoconservative ideology, but in his 2013 memoir, he changed his tune. i did not think resolving other countries internal political disputes remissions for our men and women in uniform. more important, rumsfeld refused to plan for the chaos. again, he would not apologize. >> there are known knowns. things we think we know, some known unknowns. reporter: critics say rumsfeld's desire to spend as little money as possible to fight the war meant u.s. troops did no

in the long term, it means removing saddam hussein and his regime from power.that now needs to become the aim of american foreign policy. we urge you to articulate this aim, and to turn your administration's attention to implementing a strategy for removing saddam's regime from power. this will require a full compliment of diplomatic, political and military efforts. although we are fully aware of the dangers and difficulties in implementing this policy, we believe the dangers of failing to do so are far greater. we believe the u.s. has the authority, under the existing u.n. resolutions to take the necessary steps, including military steps, to protect our vital interest in the gulf. last sentence - in any case, american policy cannot continue to be crippled by a misguided insistence on anonymity in the u.n. security council." now, if you look over on this screen, you will see who signed it. and those people - on the right, all those people were out of government at the time, and then in the next - in the administration of george bush, they come in. national secu

kurdish population in iraq had, basically, risen up and revolted against the iraqi dictator, saddam hussein. saddam responded by crushing them, and millions of kurdish-iraqis fled into the mountains of northern iraq and toward the border with turkey. they were just trying to save themselves and their families. turkey wouldn't let them cross the border. they really had nowhere else to go inside iraq. meanwhile, saddam was coming after them in a genocidal rage. the u.n. ended upsetting up what was intended to be a sort of safe zone for the kurds in northern iraq. it was protected by a no-fly zone. it was an international-coalition effort with lots of u.s. aid groups providing help there, too. and that sort of inherently unstable situation lasted about-five years. but in 1996, bill clinton's now president. saddam attacked. and the coalition forces that were protecting the iraqi kurds, in that part of northern iraq, they bugged out. they left. and the reasons for that and the consequences of that are dark and complex. and that's a longer story. but in the immediate moment, in 1996 when that hap

when the iraqi dictator saddam hussein decided that he would send 40,000 soldiers in and the republican guard, and all of that, when he decided he was gonna send all those in and the coalition forces left, everybody who had helped or worked for the coalition forces in the u.s. aid group up there had a bull's-eye on them. they were marked for certain death because they had helped us. so, clear, simple moral imperatives for the united states and so in 1996, september of 1996, the u.s. launched something called operation specific haven. it was all pull together on very short notice but they did it. 6600 iraqi kurds, and other iraqis who had assisted american aids, 6600 of them were rushed by air, they were airlifted out of northern iraq and also turkey, to a place they could be kept safe. they were brought here. to the u.s. territory of guam. those 6600 iraqi kurds spent on average a number of weeks there, while they were vetted, while their paperwork was process to allow them to come into the united states. to allow them to come into the country they had risked their lives to help. the co

claims that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction were false. >> there are known knowns.here are things we know we know we also know there are known unknowns but there are also unknown unknowns the ones we don't know we don't know it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones. >> as the war dragged on, rumsfeld himself came under fire, but president bush stood firmly behind him. >> i'm never disappointed in my secretary of defense he's doing a fabulous job. >> reporter: still, he started to lose confidence of the troops >> as you know, you go to war with the army you have not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time >> reporter: ultimately, rumsfeld was forced to resign in november 2006 but remained steadfast to the end >> it may well be comforting to some to consider graceful exits from the agonies and indeed the ugliness of combat but the enemy thinks differently. >> reporter: but rumsfeld refused to quit. he and his wife joyce started a foundation to promote leadership and public service at home, and political systems in places like afghan

problem that all republicans are facing is that donald trump and his ilk have what he called saddam hussein-likexas and west texas. and dipping numbers in the houston suburbs and the dallas suburbs. this is obviously a microcosm of the country but it's particularly stark there. so having this primary will mean that greg abbott will have to shore up that part of the state where he needs to have those saddam hussein-like numbers. what could that mean? we see these national guard troops going to the border. there could be ad hoc vigilante efforts in the state of texas to crack down on the border. that could be a real life governing action that abbott might take now to shore up his flag to deal with somebody like west. >> there's also news of another candidate in a crowded field in ohio, j.d. vance, who is a venture capitalist and yale law grad and i guess hollywood screen writer or producer. his book was adapted. basically punches every elite ticket possible. hates the elites, is going to deliver for average folks. he tweeted back in 2016 some nasty things about donald trump, that he was reprehensi

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mean that greg abbott will have to shore up that part of the state where he needs to have those saddam hussein-likeers. what does that mean? we see these national guard troops going down to the border. there could be vigilante efforts by the state of texas to crackdown on immigrants on the border. i mean, that could be a real life example of a governing action that abbott might take now to shore up his flag to deal with someone like west. >> there's also news of another candidate, republican candidate in a crowded field and ohio, j.d. vance, who is a venture capitalist and yale law ground and i guess hollywood screen writer and producer. basically punches every elite tip possible. hates the elites. he's gonna deliver for average folks. he tweeted back in 2016 some nasty things about donald trump and it was reprehensible because it was against muslims. he said he was voting for evan mcmullin. he's now apologies-ing for that, kristen. he's asking people not to judge him by those tweets. he sincerely regrets saying them. and none of this is surprising, but the ritualistic, almost stalin us gravelling

rumsfeld was the architect of the iraq war that he justified by claiming saddam hussein had stockpileslogical weapons that were never found in an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons, which proved untrue rumsfeld served the nation for six decades. upon learning of his death, president george w. bush said in part, rumsfeld was a faithful steward of our armed forces and the united states of america is safer and better off for his service. on his life and legacy, here is nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: as secretary of defense donald rumsfeld launched america's wars in iraq and afghanistan. a mission, it seems, he prepared for his entire life. a fierce competitor in wrestling at princeton a navy pilot and instructor. rumsfeld plunged into politics in 1962. elected to congress four times from illinois. >> i, donald rumsfeld -- >> rumsfeld was recruited by the nixon white house, where he earned reputation as the ambitious and skillful political infighter. even president richard nixon called him ruthless. he later became president ford's chief of staff and at 43, the youn

presidents in 1983 president ronald reagan sent rumsfeld to baghdad to try to broker closer ties with saddam hussein. but 2 decades later, it was defense secretary rumsfeld, who argued saddam had to go in rejecting the president's ultimatum. the iraqi regime had chosen war over peaceful design. and a us led war was the way to make that happen. he and other bush administration officials accused a rock of helping to plan the september 11th attacks, which it did not. rumsfeld also accused a rock as possessing weapons of mass destruction, which it did not. he was wrong, but rumsfeld refused to say so. we believe the intelligence was correct, it turns out that it was not completely correct. at 1st rumsfeld embraced the neo conservative idiology of exporting us style democracy a nation building. but it is 2013 memoir rumsfeld changed his tune. i did not think resolving other countries, internal political disputes, paving roads erecting power lines, policing streets, building stock, market and organizing democratic governmental bodies were emissions were our men and women in uniform. more important rumsfel

both the s legacy was t invasion into afghanistan and then iraq, despite questions about whether saddam hussein ever possessed weapons of mass destruction. >> there are things we know we know. we also know there are known unknowns. >> o'donnell: and it was this extraordinary answer that made headlines when pressed by troops about the lack of armored vehicles. >> you go to war with the army you have not the army might want. >> o'donnell: rumsfeld twice offered his resignation to president bush over the abuse of iraqi prisoners at abu ghraib. in a memoir he wrote, "if you are not being criticized, you may not be doing much." >> o'donnell: donald rumsfeld was 88 years old. and there is still much more news ahead tonight on the "cbs evening news." a botched ballot count throws the new york city race for mayor into chaos. and a new pill for women who suffer from post-partum depression. he looked after his community. she built an empire. he protected this nation. they lived their lives in extraordinary ways. with ancestry, i learned the story of peter vaughters... william lacy... madam c.j.walker. th

worth the lives of 2 million iraqi children who did not have proper medicine to constrain it saddam hussein? madeleine albright's answer was yes. this same policy exists with cuba, nicaragua, venezuela today, denying medicine and food . the american policy is if any country or any ship delivers medicine or food in violation of sanctions, those shipping companies can never use a u.s. port. it's a stranglehold that i don't agree with. host: go ahead. guest: i think gary is voicing an idea that is very common, the idea that most of cuba's problems stem from the u.s. embargo. i'm not in favor of the embargo. i never have been. the better way to address cuba, the internet is a great example. the region begins to crumble. -- regime begins to crumble. i think things are going to change dramatically. many people have said this over the years. that being said, the reality is cuba has been a dictatorship. it represses its people and continues to thrive politically from the embargo. the embargo is favored by the cuban regime as a political strategy to maintain the revolution. the same school of though

that's fight, as we now know what rage on, even after the fall of saddam hussein, by april 2004, america had over a 144000 troops on the ground in iraq. and the numbers would fluctuate over the years as us forces would actually fight a bloody campaign against a rocky insurgency and all kite up. now in august 2010, you had done president obama. he declared an end to the 7 year combat mission in iraq. and after the 1st major draw down, just over 47000 troops remained in the area by 2011. that number then would drop to just a few 100 by 2014. when the u. s. joined a rocky and kurdish forces in the fight against isis as of january 2021. 2500 us troops remain in iraq right now. both the us and iraqi government agreed back in april to transition to a train and advised mission, meaning that some us forces would remain there on the ground, as has been the case in the past to help train advise and equip or rocky forces that are there now the white house reportedly plans to fully end the u. s. mission in the country by the end of this year with president biden saying that they need to fight the ba

the sultan baghdad brought shocking off a deadly attack aimed at removing saddam hussein from power. he had weapons of mass destruction was the argument, none whatever phone george bush declared mission accomplished in me. 2003. it was the fighting continued more american lives were a rocky lives were lost. i saw grew in strength in the area, a new enemy, a new challenge, a new fight. donald trump push hard against deisel, cutting its land, killing its leadership, reducing its influence. and then he cut trip numbers to $2500.00. i saw remains, the threat group killed 30 people when it bombed the bank. that market last week, jo biden's decision on combat missions in the us won't be leaving, but it's clear it's priorities lie elsewhere. i don't think any plausible reasonable policy y'all is ever going to be achievable by this crazy invasion. and so it's a matter of trying to find a reasonable way out of one of the worst foreign policy blunders in us history. filling curb side of afghan, a stan scaling back in iraq. joe biden is recalibrating us involvement in the region for the 1st tim

he remained unapologetic about the war, insisting that toppling saddam hussein created a quote more stable and secure world state news from berlin. there is a lot more on our website that is the w dot com. ah, oh. the german military's deadliest mission since 1945 came to an end late on tuesday night when the last bond is fair soldiers in afghanistan started their journey home. the last us troops are expected to withdraw later this week and what will they leave behind? almost 20 years ago, f, dana stan became the front line in the us and nato's war against terror. now the top us general in the country warning the fighting may not be over that soon. it will be the tele bond against afghan troops in yet another war. a civil war. i'm brig, gulf and berlin. this is the day the the or the security situation is not, not good right now it's what we're seeing is the rapid loss of our district centers and what we want to see, what we'd like to see is the taliban return to the peace process in a in a credible way, as we think about what, what the african people want. it is a, a political settlement

later rumsfeld told a national security meeting at camp david they needed a plan to go after saddam husseinite no proof of his connection to osama bin laden. >> there are known knowns there are things we know we know we also know there are known unknowns. >> reporter: then widely blamed after the 2003 invasion of iraq for not listening to advice about how to manage the war fired the day after the president lost both houses of congress in the 2006 midterms, rumsfeld remained defiant rumsfeld, 88, died of multiple myeloma in his memoir, he insisted he didn't lie about saddam having weapons of mass destruction. writing, "the far less dramatic truth is we were wrong." andrea mitchell, nbc, washington andrea mitchell, nbc, washington. >>> up next, inspiring america. how a dog named radar helped her find her w . >>> up next for us tonight, inspiring america. how a dog named radar helped her find her way to tokyo and helmets and a first aid kit and everything you need out here. some stuff to get you to the top and stuff to jump off the top with. the all-new bronco sport. built wild. more protectio

and he remained unapologetic about the war insisting that toppling saddam hussein created a quote more stable and secure world. the death toll from the collapse of residential tower in miami has risen to 16 after 4 and more bodies were pulled from the rubble. 147 people are still unaccounted for. nearly a week after the building came down, hopes of finding survivors are quickly fading. at least 7 migraines, including a pregnant women, have drowned off the coast of italy. after their boat capsized. the coast guard says 46 people were brought ashore, but around 10 are still missing. the group is believed to have set off from tunisia . extreme heat waves sweeping across western canada is causing dozens of death and breaking records day after day. on tuesday, temperatures had 49 degrees celsius and british columbia cooling center 1000 setup to give people some relief. but the sweltering heat is forecast to continue a prolonged, dangerous, and historic heat wave engulfing western canada has already caused dozens of death . people are being encouraged to go to cooling centers to combat the e

has ended combat in iraq after president biden invaded in 2003 to overthrow saddam hussein, claimingdeveloping weapon of mass destruction and kicking off a civil war. it took nearly eight years for the u.s. to declare the combat mission complete. >> america's war in iraq will be over. >> reporter: then vice president biden with president obama welcoming back the last troops from iraq. but with u.s. troops outside, iraq collapsed, becoming a safe haven for isis terrorists. so the u.s. went back in. todayt combat administration, iraq 2 is over. but this time a few thousand u.s. troops will stay in iraq in a support capacity and conduct counterterrorist operations as needed. it's a very different picture in afghanistan, where president biden is fulfilling a deal signed by former president trump to pull out nearly all troops by the end of august. the taliban are already making rapid advances. today's announcement on iraq is largely symbolic and seems designed to help the country's prime minister in upcoming elections by making him look like a peacemaker. it's a far more cautious approach

ronald reagan sent him to the middle east, where he met saddam hussein, the leader he'd one day helpe secretary of defence. nearly 20 years later, george w bush reappointed him defence secretary. within months, america came under attack. rumsfeld was in his pentagon office on september 11, 2001 when an airliner hit the building. he helped move the injured and then planned a way to strike back. rumsfeld believed the iraq war would be over quickly, but there was no plan for building a peace. a fierce insurrection followed that claimed thousands of lives. and the pretext for the invasion — saddam's weapons of mass destruction. but none were ever found. and rumsfeld struggled to explain why. there are no knowns. there are things we know that we know. there are known unknowns. that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. but there are also unknown unknowns. there are things we do not know we don't know. in this so—called war on terror, he was prepared to push boundaries, including the treatment of suspected militants. but when these photographs of the brutalisation of