it was an authorization to use force against saddam hussein and saddam hussein's iraq.the need for that authorization ended over a decade ago. as witnesses testified, neither aumf's is needed for operations or detention activities. moving forward with this repeal, this authorization is not just what is important for us to do to uphold our congressional oversight responsibilities, it is also in response to the american people to curtail endless wars in the middle east. i suspect there will be a lot of hypotheticals, what if's, from our witnesses today, but our duty is not to dream up scenarios in an effort to keep a dead letter law on the books, especially when it comes to something so serious is sending our troops in harm's way. the 2002 aumf 2002 -- is not thr to any threat that we are facing today. and if other existing authorities are insufficient to address those, that side would expect the administration to seek a new a umf. madam secretary, i have heard the arguments against appeal that would weaken our position vis-a-vis iraq, iran, and in the middle east more ge

and then from there they immediately conflate to bin laden and his of radicals with saddam hussein the atheist dictator of iraq. a land where the word no al qaeda members were there never been a suicide bombing in the entire history of the country. they use the fear of terrorism and the fear of a completely phony, fake, dishonestly claimed alliance between saddam hussain and osama bin laden to life the people of the united states into that war. and from there, by the way the former chief of the bin laden unit said if afghanistan was all bin laden ever once had, america going to iraq to attack what bin laden called the socialist infidel, saddam hussein was a hope for an unexpected gift to bin laden. by taking the side of the shiites there america drove the population into the arms of the bin laden and their ranks swelled from 400 men at the time of september 11 attacks to tens of thousands during that war. and then luckily the tribal leaders marginalized in 2006 and seven solve that problem for us to great to degree. but then just at the time barack obama was killing obama and pakistan

at the very time that your rumsfeld was meeting for you were meeting with saddam hussein. i think we have some video that of that meeting. tell me what was going on during this. where did you get this video from the iraqi? tell them this is from iraqi television. when did they give it to you recently or back then we've dug this out of the sea and in library, i say, isn't that interesting? there i am with the our war on terror begins out. but it does not in the 33 war on terror is irrational. it's like saying a war. and when the serious pro office launched his investigation into the crimes that we were uncovering, it turned out that many of these arms deals had been forced through by tony blair personally. he's a dedicated arm salesman and once you start a war you open and kind of pandora's box, you don't control and it controls you today. good, dennis, and matt did is the bad better said those in yemen who the united states names to be a threat. the good terrorists are those who are inferior. the joke here is we've been there before. i mean, if you consider the amount of t

we made the choice to intervene and depose saddam hussein. please tell me, or at least point out how the world is in a better place because of that war. we have seen the middle east on fire ever since that war. we have seen billions of people displaced over time, or millions, rather. we have seen civilian casualties upwards in the millions. it sounds like, yes, the u.s. is a powerful nation, a rich nation. we should use our resources for good, if that even means intervening in human conflict overseas, we have to look at the repercussions of that down the road. and i think the best example is the iraq war, our post-9/11 wars. our interventions have consequences. host: some of our social media followers are thinking that perhaps we are paying attention to the wrong place in this situation. they have a comment for you. here is a question. how involved is pakistan in helping the taliban? the next one was, in this discussion we never discussed the fact that lawton was captured and killed in pakistan. should we be negotiating with pakistan rather t

we toppled the government of saddam hussein. he was executed in 2006.'s a new government that's constituted and they're a partner, and as i pointed out to my colleagues this week, when world war ii is over we didn't leaf a live war authorization against japan and germany just in case. we went to work to try to make them first a partner and then eventually an ally. we have a strong partner in iraq right now. we shouldn't leave a war authorization against them that would suggest that they are an adversary or enemy. >> in a related issue, of course, is it's almost the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and now a group of 1800 americans impacted by the september 11th attack, survivors, families are opposing president biden's participation in any memorial events this year unless he upholds his pledge to declassify evidence that would link saudi arabian leaders and the attacks. should the president declassify that material and how do you feel about the way they are trying to embarrass him by telling him not to show up at these memorials. >> well, i hope the president w

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have his family and especially dick cheney look bad for not going in and guarding -- getting saddam husseinight away. i blame part of it on the afghan military. they did not fight. we paid them. when we decided we didn't want to pay them anymore -- maybe biden did botch this whole thing, but this was from bush to biden and biden inherited what trump negotiated. if you would stop the blame game and start looking at where the failure was -- the people of afghanistan do not want to fight. if you want freedom, you have to fight, but they did not want to fight because we were not paying them anymore. we have to stop these politicians complaining about whose fault it is. it is everybody's fault, from the generals to the president to congress and the senate. let's stop complaining about biden. maybe he did mishandle them leaving, but blaming somebody -- that is ridiculous. host: you said we need to look at where the failures are politicians saying this week they intend to do that. this from the usa today story -- the senate intelligence committee is coming through all intelligence gathered in and

so to zillion that has to vibed the gold full. saddam hussein. the gang rapes, john howard, pauline hanson, and we have proved to art as australian as anyone else. i think we have developed a platform where we've really dealt with pretty much everything that has been thrown off cultural issues, identity issues, settlement issues. we've dealt with racial issues with issues in faith and extremism. we've, i don't know what else there is to come, but i'm sure that will be something. but i just think we've developed a platform and a resilience that is so strong. and like any group of astronomy and living in a big city, the people of southwick sydney face, challenges, gang activity and gun crime still exist. but it talks, the minority is no match for a decent majority fighting for a positive future. ah, there's a great sense of hope and out of everything comes great and the community live in a community, the whatever community a 1st of all my story strength. when i have a seat, i put as much a droll and so i came into my all the x and i ever do it. i.

and of course, iraq, one day, the support saddam hussein, they give him chemical weapons to use the military intelligence to use the political cover to get away from it to get away with it. and then they invade the country and, and destroy iraq as well. so this is a pattern and now the americans have been humiliated. i think the human nation is greater than vietnam. because in vietnam, rival powers were fun being north vietnam and b at time. but enough fun assigned that you just see a few groups with on motorcycles, with clashing costs and weapons. and they've human humiliated a superpower that has spent trillions of dollars in the country and, and wasted so many so much money of the assets of the american people for the imperial war. that nothing ultimately. what about the wealth, the african citizens who are left behind the taliban is now in control and everything but the capital that's going to happen in the next few hours. we're pretty sure about fast. and although we've been hearing from a number of people in cobble that the taliban is changed, it's not as severe as it. once was at the

democracy with enough problems to deal with and enough troubles to establish itself after the saddam husseinicated i people's lives incredibly. the political picture, as you know, is already quite difficult, _ but we've seen again how corruption and mismanagement lead _ to people losing their lives. we've had two major hospital fires due to oxygen cylinders catching . fire, and therefore the entire hospital not having the rightl sprinklers, in two different cities only about seven weeks apart. . we had dozens of. deaths and injuries. so, it shows you that we don'tl have the underpinnings of good governance and you don't - have the underpinnings of actually setting up public sectors that servse the public rather- than its own political agendas. and trying to win votes by siphoning off money here and there _ to influence people, - it doesn't serve the purpose of serving people. sadly, that's what we see in iraq. numbers are rising. _ you're talking about 7000—8000 cases a day, and iraq _ doesn't do much testing, - so when we say seven to 8000, it's usually about 40 to 50,000. to get those thou

the 10th 2002 bullshit that i didn't know saddam hussein me boys can know that iraq was 12000 kilometers away from my country. i could cover those rebuking iraq had never done anything against brazil. glenda. my walk is not against the iraq view, but against hunger in my own country and reform. and by default, the idea of the americans being a lighthouse for the world and not letting anyone else impede economically. milk is wrong. americans must know that we don't want a sheriff for a mental health care. we want to partner who do you have to go su 430. to prevent you both, we want brothers and sisters show you our voting. so that's why i think the role president putin has played in global politics in recent years is very important to career. but you can, we must not be dominated. how do you know i want russia, china, brazil, argentine around mexico to grow as well as the us respecting the freedom and sovereignty of other countries. if the p t returns to the government? well, this is how we will deal with the u. s. but present all a do you think the united states is ready to give you that

and especially for iran, after the toppling a former president. saddam hussein. it's hopes that what wasn't achieved through war could now be achieved through negotiation. yet the united states was notably absent, will speak to our guest in just a moment, but 1st month would up. why had, has this report for us from baghdad? goodness, we don't. iraq stability is key to this debility of the whole region. this is how regional leaders participating in that conference for corporation and partnership concluded it on saturday. the summer twitch discussed economic integration and investment projects between the participants also addressed political and security challenges facing iraq, including the possible resurgence of self. iraqi officials say it's an opportunity to use tension in the middle east. a sodium new range officials hill talks on the sidelines of the summit. the fact that we managed to bring rival countries together on the same table, an initial dialogue between them, is not only important to them in us, but the whole region. the meeting, which was cor denie

i'm i remember my own example when during when saddam hussein invaded iran, i thought in that where i was a volunteer, they use chemical weapons extensively against i survive to chemical attacks. but it only came out years later that the united states and the european, these these standard bearers of human rights that they gave him a fact that he was never condemn because he was there map. so the years later, it will come out perhaps, but nothing will happen. and the same is true with syria when they were supporting the dirty war, the western media, their reporters and turkey knew exactly what with the turkish government and nato, and the americans and the sodium and others were doing in syria. but they pretended these were freedom fighters only here, major does the to come out. why? because that is just because the, the media, the establishment via the corporate media, the state media in the west is in bed with the government. they're all in it together. if anyone thinks for a moment that they are independent, they should just look at the event and cobble over the last today. the pro

creator, but we are more or less, you know, the ruling, the countries more or less similar to saddam hussein. but again, you know, the entered and the top of the government did destroy everything. and then the just left them to the isis did the same to the see and the into the into see, try to build that is this and forces against the seat in government and then off, sometimes the oven and them do, went to libya. i mean, there are endless examples of american friendship is never a friendship. i mean, they looked into their own interest up to the time when the interest is fulfilled and once they're interested, we'll just walk away and you don't know you. so it's a good experience. it's a good listen to the people of the world to the leaders of other countries and to, to understand, you know, how the american mentality, politician in politicians mentality work. just a few days ago, people were talking about it's time for the afghan people to be able to choose their own future. and yet now we've seen regional leaders disappear military units, abandoned, their posts, and potentially the presiden

these people were fighting for saddam hussein. so they have, they are despised in the country and they are supported by western powers of amnesty. international is all serious. they should be calling out european countries that are currently supporting. it's called this terrorist organization that continues to kill iranians through cooperation with israeli, which mohammed but they were gonna leave it there. but thank you very much indeed for being with us and i'll just thank you. okay, we're bringing some breaking news. the pentagon in the u. s. is on locked on. we believe after at least 2 gunshots are being fired outside. these are pictures from outside there. you can see the emergency services lined up outside the building. we don't have a great many details. a pentagon announcement said the facility is unlocked and due to quote police activity, one report suggest multiple gunshots have been fired near the platform. we are not able to establish exactly what has been going on. an associated press reporter is being quoted as sayin

there was concern that saddam hussein had biological weapons and chemical weapons, so that would have been an effort to protect ourselves against those weapons. i know nothing specifically about the vaccine. the defense department was not very helpful, initially after vietnam. it was quite difficult for many veterans who suffered from that to get help, so that history is not so brave. in terms of this vaccine, it has been extremely well tested. right now, there are several billion people who have received the vaccine. the side effects are minor and temporary. i have heard numbers of how many people have been killed by the vaccine that are in the highest number i ever heard from anybody , 31,000. there is no data supporting that. more importantly, there have been at least 4 million people who died from this. there are several billion people where shots have gone into people's arms. even if that is totally unsupported -- even if they are correct about the number of people who died from the vaccine -- if it is false and not correct, it is still 200-1. again, a full's figure on the vaccin

you might say the berlin wall, toppling the statue of saddam hussein.s a big sign that islam has recovered jerusalem. >> saladin, he, himself, got down on his hands and knees and cleaned the temple mount with rose water to purify it again as an islamic shrine. >> while saladin focuses on jerusalem, the crusaders have regrouped under the command of king guy. >> saladin allowed king guy to go freely on the condition that he sail across the sea, meaning he goes back to france from whence he came. guy is not so naive. he recognizes that he still has another card to play. >> he goes to this little island about two miles offshore and comes back and says, i've been overseas. >> in allowing him to live, saladin unwittingly allowed king guy to reconstitute his army. >> and king guy is about to be joined by one of history's most ferocious warriors. get us clea- but take my moisture. i'm craving a balanced clean with cerave. cerave cleansers, developed with dermatologists, help me maintain my moisture balance with hyaluronic acid, known to attract moisture, plus 3

we went to a war in iraq based on the fundamental law saddam hussein was behind 9/11.and decades where we thought african-americans, is has been living with us for a long time. the response from you have to put yourself in harm's way a little bit when there is a professor in your school who you don't agree with, whose views you find a.getting canceled or fired for reviewed for something he or shet said, you have to argue against your own interests because i deeply believe this, without a robust environment in which we hurt, in which we get a little dizzy, we're not going to expose the lies. every day i would wake up and say what fresh hell is trump talking about? i'm so pleased he's off. i also know like he did on twitter, he expose what a maniac he was, ae great reason why we got rid of him. >> i love the praise you have to work against your own interest because i remember not to's marching, in the 60s? the aclu back to their right to do that. they were carrying nasty flags serious i thought wow, that is true to your principles andru fe speech. you are a lawyer. >> he

they were after saddam hussein and became a mess. barack obama inherited it.. that probably is the high watermark of operation neptune spear with the s.e.a.l.s. but obama started to get into drones and searches and we just been stuck in afghanistan. it is a stinkink hole. the british were there in the 19th century. russia tried to save it and toledo the collapse of the soviet union. 1980 was another failure for the soviets. afghanis know how to fight and survive. they have to deal with china and russia around them. biden was right to find a way to extract us from afghanistan, but the way we did it without a proper contingency plan evers chaotic and very disastrous and the only way he can make up for it now is doing what operation frequent wind what gerald ford did after first of all saigon, after the fall of kabul we got to bring in as many afghanis as possible and show we do care about human rights. i don't know what we do with the women in average. many have been professionalized and i'm terrified information. >> grateful for you time and perspective today.

we went into a war in iraq based on a fundamental lie saddam hussein, amplified by the new york times there were decades where we thought it was taught african-americans have a different shape. this has been living with us for a very long time. you got to do things that scare you. you've got to put yourself in harm's way a little bit, when a school youn your don't agree with, whose views you find abhorrent is getting canceled or fired or put under review, you've got to speak out in favor ofd that person, you have to argue against your own interest because i deeply believe that without a robust speech environment in which we heard, and which we get a little bit dizzy, we are not going to expose the lies. every day i would wake up and what fresh hell is trump giving me? i would reject we can say get him off. i am so these he's off but i also know like he did on twitter, exposed what a maniac he was in was a great reason why we got rid of him. >> i love the phrase you have to work against your own interest because i remember when kathy's marched, 60s? the aclu backed their right to do th

yesterday and he said that back when he was serving, what he did was to airlift people in iraq during saddam hussein, the kurds who example who were in his cross-hairs and they did that and they got the paperwork done afterwards. so airlift out, ask questions later. and so that is what i'm hearing from even the president's staunchest allies is concern that there is too much bureaucracy with helping people that are in harm's way. especially those that helped american. >> absolutely. and peter there are reports that taliban is urging women to join their government. they're trying tosy they're reformed and more moderate. taliban co-founder has just arrives in afghanistan. u.s. military commanders are in touch with the taliban at kabul airport. i lay all of this hout because i want your perspective if you think there is -- is there reason to believe that the taliban today is changed from the taliban of the '90s? >> i'm pretty skeptical spending a lot of time in taliban controlled afghanistan. they spent 20 years fighting to get to this point. at the core is exclusion of women from any significant roles

it reminds some of us as saddam hussein's palaces in the day and forces appear to have folded like an back in, not even putting up a fight. it's stunning the images that we are seeing from the afghan capital after all the treasure that was invested to train afghan security forces and yet zero resistance. trey: images from across the country of afghanistan that were shocking, hard to comprehend, we saw the second and third largest cities head up and fall to the taliban just a few days ago and these fighters were able to get their hands on military equipment that was supplied by the americans. so we are talking about not just small arms but artillery units, drones and even helicopters. there were videos circulating of taliban fighters flying helicopters at an extremely low altitude near air base outside of kabul. now these images from kabul of taliban fighters inside the presidential palace, it really gets to the core of what is next and that is an immense, immense propaganda campaign by the taliban who will first declare victory over the afghan security forces, the afghan government a

of bora bora but we went into iraq and we shouldn't have gone into iraq because bush wanted saddam hussein's head on a platter and saw there were weapons of mass destruction and there weren't. george w. bush gets low marks for handling of iraq and afghanistan. barack obama did better using drones, operation neptune spear that got osama bin laden and donald trump spent four years trying to get out unable to but not wanting to bring afghan knees to the united states as part of his anti immigration type of rhetoric. and biden came in and kind of stumbled into this this summer sped up the time of pullout. it was done in the middle of the summer when we just had the surge of covid and his poll numbers are sinking right now. let hope by, say, september 15th, there will be a success story this airlift has really brought not just the americans home but our afghan friends and allies, at least 30, 40,000 of them into the united states if not many more. hopefully, other countries will take these evacuees, also. >> i got to end it there. back to your point, huh, david, about the idea of the novelty of t

we will have to see what record he has and it's not overwhelming , if it's not sort of saddam hussein numbers and he's going to get criticized for it. the republican party as a choice before them in 2022. this is their opportunity to define the party post trump. and i don't know if theywill or how they will . but at this point they have to go into that decision with their eyes wide open . >> that is a great way to wrap this up. michael, i have a lot of fun. i know is doing very well. i hope it continues to prosper and fly off the shelf . >> .in our third printing. it's sold out on amazon since the second day it's been out. keep trying to find it, politics and prose as copies, e-books are always available and just so that people are interested in this book and it's been more than i had hoped so that you so much. this is a highlight for me. >> to everybody who called in and had such smart questions and bradley, thank you and back to you. >> great moderating peggy and michael, i know the past year would have been exhausting enough for you if you had just done your day job. i'm so glad yo

saddam hussein numbers people are going to get criticized for it.s their opportunity to define the party post trump. i don't know if they will or how they will but i do know with this book they have to go into that decision with her eyes wide open. okay that is a great way to wrap this up. michael had a lot of fun. the book is doing very well, i hope it continues to prosper and fly off the shelves. politics and prose has copies, people are interested in this book and doing well it is been more than i hoped so thank you very much. thank you very, very much. >> thank you very much thank you everybody who called in and had such smart questions. and bradley come thank you them back to you. >> great monitoring, peggy and michael have the pastor would've been exhausting enough for you. delve even more deeply around trump for your book. to everyone watching, thanks for tuning in. a reminder that in the chat : you can find a link for purchasing the heard michael say that amazon might be so that we not only have copies we have signed copies. please order as