you prepared to accept that, even if it means saddam hussein will stay in place?" hesitantly, he said, "yes, i will accept that." so that's why i went forward, so i went out and spent at the cia with the intelligence communities and prepared the document that i would present, and every word in there was approved by the ci it was written by the cia. and so we went, i gave the presentation. it seemed to go well, i was confident that it went well, but then, within a few days or a couple of weeks, it started i was mortified, because even though the president had the same information, congress had used the same information, secretary rumsfeld, condoleezza rice, all of us were using the same information, but i'm the one who made the biggest presentation of it, so it all sort of fell on me. david: well-- powell: that's-- that's show business. huh? david: but todin hindsiy the invasion was a mistake? powell: i'd sanv the execution of theion was not done properly. we abandoned the army without any discussion back in washington, and then we abandoned something worse, the bar

it dealt with threats coming from saddam hussein's iraq. saddam hussein is dead. his government and regime are long gone. this war authorization has no relevance to present day iraq and should be repealed not used to launch more military action. we'll likely hear an argument that repealing the iraq war resolution would undermine our ability to combat terrorism around the world. but let's be clear about something, the iraq war resolution, what we are seeking to repeal today, was never intended to authorize our fight against isis or other associated terrorist groups and it is not needed as authorization for any of these operations. there is another existing authorization for the use of military force, the measure the congress passed after 9/11 to deal with al qaeda. i don't agree with the administration's overly expansive interpretation of the 9/11 aumf, i think they have stretched it well beyond what congress ever intended. but even this administration has said clearly they can continue current counterterrorism operation ing the post devin -- post 9/11 authorizatio

david: you get the order fr the psident to kick saddam hussein and his troops out. powell: when that decision came down, that we cod not find a diplomatic solution, i received the order and i gave the order to norm and we were ready. david: so there was a famous military maneuver. rather than going directly toward the enemy is david: whose brilliant idea was that? powell: any infantry captain could have figured this out. it didn't take a general, and several generals have made claims-- david: men of worth? ok. powell: it was the only conflict i've ever been in wor ever read history abore i could say to the president "the iraqis have made several horrible mistakes. "they put their line of soldiers right on the border airpower would n let them move. and then they had 4 divisions along the coast, and they were o ry light; alwe had is fix these two forces in place and go around them--the left hook, as it's alsoeferred to-- and that's what we did. but my surprise, the night launche, afe air attacks for several weeks, and i was expecting that the marines, who were right o

you were meeting with saddam hussein i think we have some video. of that meeting tell me what was going on during this this why did you get this video from the iraqi television is on the iraqi television when did they give it to you recently you know we back then we dug this out of the c.n.n. library i see. isn't that interesting. there are you know. our war on terror. begins with al qaida. but it does not in. this very very is war on terror is irrational it's like saying. a war on rule a war on violence alone that it's nonsense you skipping into this possibility of conflict to a wall. in our your little kid reassuring us and we kept believing him because you don't want to think you were prime minister receiving you in that route too long as nothing was serious. when the serious fraud office launched its investigation into all the crimes that we were covering it turned out that many of these arms deals had been forced through by tony blair personally he said 30 k. saddam salesman what ever that was a dispute ever in government he always found the o

supported arab states supported saddam attacked kuwait iran was against saddam the u.s. attacked iraq the u.s. attacked afghanistan u.s. and saudi arabia attacked yemen and arab countries we need today attacked libya 7 wars in this region this region at the very edge of total collapse of a failed state i've got i've got to throw this in here though you mentioned wars in the region the biggest war in the region in recent years has been the syrian war which the iranian years of which iran has been heavily involved on the side doing most of the clearly but you don't make a mistake the orders frankly speaking the others the u.s. europe so the arabia they were true bring a girl regime in syria down. we don't have time to reprosecute the circle all i'm saying is the. has been heavily involved in a very bloody and brutal war in syria helping bashar al assad kill a lot of people including the us some silly money was involved and supported illegal that are meant to prevent regime change by the focus on to let terrorists let me bring in let me bring in market how do you feel mark

in 2002, the authorization of war with saddam hussein authorizes them to do whatever they want. so they have authorized the killing of soleimani as something that congress gave them permission to do in 2002. that is absurd. that is an insult. let's have the debate and let's have some senators stand up and see if we can truly have a debate over who has the power to declare war. the reason it was put in, and why every founding father said they were taking power from the president, is that they didn't want perpetual war. the way you have less war as having less troops in the middle east and by having a fulsome debate about when we go to war. >> i'm not prepared to say that. i'm telling you only this administration was ill-served by this briefing today. >> thank you. [indiscernible voices] >> the house is voting tomorrow on a war powers resolution introduced by democratic representative elissa slotkin of michigan. it calls for the president to terminate the use of u.s. armed forces to engage in or against iran. follow the floor debate and vote tomorrow starting at noon eastern here

i see no in the world you could logically argue that authorization to have war with saddam hussein has anything to do with having war with people currently in iraq. we need to have a debate about separation of powers. i am a supporter of the president and consider myself a friend of the president. the president's instincts on trying to show restraint are good. i think he will not unnecessarily escalate things. however, the debate is bigger than just this debate. the debate is a 70 year long debate that began in 1950 with korea and truman. this is a debate, and many have written that congress has abdicated their duty. senator lee and i are stepping up and saying we are not abdicating our duty. our duty under the constitution is to debate when we go to war, and we are not going to abdicate that duty. we will be happy to take questions. reporter: i know there is little you can say with the details. can you give us a sense of who exactly was saying this to you. was that all of them or a specific cabinet member? sen. lee: before i comment publicly, i would like to have a conversation with t

in 2002, the authorization of war with saddam hussein authorizes them to do whatever they want. so they have authorized the killing of soleimani as something that congress gave them permission to do in 2002. that is absurd. that is an insult. let's have the debate and let's have some senators stand up and see if we can truly have a debate over who has the power to declare war. the reason it was put in, and why every founding father said they were taking power from the president, is that they didn't want perpetual war. the way you have less war as having less troops in the middle east and by having a fulsome debate about when we go to war. reporter: [inaudible] that. not prepared to say i'm telling you only this administration was ill-served by this briefing today. >> thank you. [indiscernible voices] tomorrowuse is voting on a war powers resolution introduced by democratic representative elissa slotkin of michigan. it calls for the president to terminate the use of u.s. armed forces to engage in or against iran. follow the floor debate and vote tomorrow starting at noon eastern

saddam hussein said, okay, i can take tehran in a week. the entire world except for one country supported saddam hussein's invasion of tehran. so syria is the only arab country that came to iran's side. the only country in the world that came to iran's side. even the russians, the americans were helping saddam hussein. as kissen ger said at the time, he wished both sides would lose. it was a stalemate for eight years. a million people died. iran decided at that time they were never going to let that happen again. so on either side of them, surrounded by what could be perceived as enemies, suni extremists on the left and on the right of iran, to the east and west of iran and in the persian gulf states, again, people that were antagonistic mainly because of its shiaa expansionists ie deologys. they decided they will have influence in those countries, and we helped that by getting rid of the taliban which was one big enemy on your flank and getting rid of saddam hussein. they saw an opportunity to cultivate the shiaa's, which they did. syria

the baath party came to power in the 1970s, saddam hussein became dictator in 1979. he was repelled with operation desert storm. years later, fearing he would use weapons of mass destruction in the aftermath of 9/11, president george w. bush sent troops into iraq in 2003. while ousting saddam might it seem like a good idea at the time, it unleashed a string of unintended consequences that empowered iran. the mullahs began to exercise control within the iraqi government, supporting shiite islamic groups and militia groups, nearly 5,000 u.s. soldiers were killed, and we spent in excess of a trillion dollars. the utter incompetence of the last administration only made things worse, despite the military pullbacks, united states personnel are still deeply committed in the region. i want you all to look at this map. there are 5,000 troops in iraq today. not counting the 3,750 additional troops the president has just deployed. in jordan, there are 2,795 troops. 13,000 in kuwait, and 12,000 in afghanistan. lieutenant colonel daniel davis, walid phares, congressman mark green

the party came to power in the 1970s, saddam hussein became dictator in 1970 19 he was repelled with operation desert storm. years later, fearing he would use weapons of mass destruction in the aftermath of 9/11, president george w. bush sent troops into iraq in 2003. while ousting saddam might it seem like a good idea at the time, it unleashed a string of unintended consequences that empowered iran. the mullahs began to exercise control within the iraqi government, supporting shiite islamic groups and militia groups, nearly 5,000 u.s. soldiers were killed i, and we spent in excess of a trillion dollars. the utter incompetence of the last administration only made things worse, despite the military pullbacks, united states personnel are still deeply committed in the region. i want you all to look at this map. there are 5,000 troops in iraq today. not counting the 3,750 additional troops the president has just deployed. in jordan, there are 2,795 troops. 13,000 inchoate, and 12,000 in afghanistan. lieutenant colonel daniel davis, walid phares, congressman mark green, i want to bring yo

i see no way in the world you could logically argue that an authorization to have war with saddam hussein has anything to do with having war with people currently in iraq. >> can you enlighten us on what he's referring to in your view of it? >> well, as i just caught that comment for the first time that argument that dealing with iraq -- and i think he's referring to the 2002 authorization for the use of military force and using that as a justification when it was all about saddam hussein for attacking iran. if i'm extrapolating from what i just heard. rand and i are introducing the democratic lead, republican lead, a resolution that states -- and we just introduced it -- that states that the 2001 and 2002 authorizations, one dealing with afghanistan, one dealing with iraq absolutely do not provide congressional authorization for war with iran. >> and so that is your bipartisan effort to draw a line in the sand early, even if tonight as we've mentioned looks like signs of deescalation that in no way is the congress going to sit that out if the trump administration cites that to do more in

troops for such authority brings back painful memories from the saddam era when the u.n. security council imposed a crippling trade embargo. for us as young people we've lived through the sanctions during our childhood we don't want to face the same thing again we want to build the country. instead the country now risks sliding backwards the unfolding crisis between the u.s. and iran has shifted attention away from iraq's months long protest movement demanding far reaching political reform and an end to iranian interference in iraq . since all the money is as a single nation demonstrators have been attacked at least twice by pro iranian crowds their worst fear however is losing their cause. people are afraid they are afraid of a strike that happened and they fear that something will happen inside to rear to these demonstrations demonstrators are divided over the parliament's non-binding the session on sunday to expel foreign troops some support the motion calling the u.s. strike a violation of iraqi sovereignty and we want iraq to be an independent country a country that

personnel there and that's what this is and that's the aftermath of saddam there was also an attack on a base in bill as well it's quite something actually looking at those pictures isn't it in the night sky all that smoke and fire from the dozens of iranian missiles that were fired into iraq so that's what we've seen there let's not forget that this is a retaliatory attack the iranians the iranians say for the killing of general constance eliminate his being laid to rest today these are the live pictures from his home city of perm on the burial was supposed to happen yesterday it was of course postponed by that terrible stampede that killed upwards of 40 people so today it is continuing and we've seen pictures of the cost you see the pictures. of general sort of money everywhere there through monday in the early morning in iran coming up 830 i think almost 8 30 in the morning in iran as well so that's what we're seeing from iran as well the other developments that there is a. limitation from the u.s. federal aviation authority on u.s. carriers moving through the gulf at the moment the

and american intervention since 2003 at the beginning their objectives kind of aligned 1st against saddam hussein and lately against i so but since the conclusion of feisal that they started to clash with each other and i think you have to also remember the demonstrations in iraq these people who went out of their way of their own will to demand an end to all these. proxies existence in the country the fact that the power has been divided on ethnic religious lines and so on people in iraq have had enough so they were looking forward to shane and this last few days could be seen either way it could be the end of that protest or maybe the beginning for a new iraq and the sovereignty is taken seriously and the rule goes back to the iraqis let's just talk about other regional players here like the saudis the iraqis the israelis i mean the iranians are threatened by and haifa if this escalates much much more widely but surely those countries don't want to get dragged into you know some kind of conflagration across the middle east nor they want and fact the choice is very interesting haifa and

to topple saddam hussein without a clear plan of what came afterwards. host: thank you for the call. guest: these are some great questions from the caller. you mentioned the colin powell doctrine. that is a better approach to war making them what we have seen. the issue of congress being a coequal branch of government is an important one. article one of the constitution puts congress in the driver's seat when it comes to warmaking. ,nfortunately, for a long time all the way back to the beginning of the cold war or even earlier, you have seen an erosion of congressional power in this area. you might say this is because of grasping,ive branch but it has also been with complicity of congress. congress has wanted in some ways inabrogate its authority this area. i think it is a real dereliction of duty. congress should be willing to stand up and take votes on whether we go to war. framerse or's vision -- vision was that there would be -- around these decisions. the fact that congress has simply allowed the exact a branch to make all these decisions, and you c

in the bleakest of the hours, i never gave up hope, that iraq one day will see the end of saddam, and we thought we will build an iraq suitable for all iraqis, and all iraqis should be part and parcel of this. unfortunately, this never happened. when the occupation took place, there was a series of laws that weakened iraq. but you think it still can happen? i think it still can, yes. ayad allawi, we have to end there. thank you for being on hardtalk. thank you very much. hello. weatherwise, it's pretty much a case of you name it and we've got it coming our way in the next few days. we've got a chilly start to thursday, to the far north of the uk with a patchy frost and some fog. further south it is unseasonably mild. this area of low pressure will bring wet and windy weather to a central swathe of the uk early on in the day. later on, the south—west get targeted by another low, heavy rain, thundery and a risk of gales. here is the rush hour across the norhtern england and southern scotland, snow for the higher routes of the pennines, some heavy rain and some squally winds. all of th

in the bleakest of the hours, i never gave up hope, that iraq one day will see the end of saddam, and we thought we will build an iraq suitable for all iraqis, and all iraqis should be part and parcel of this. unfortunately, this never happened. when the occupation took place, there was a series of laws that weakened iraq. but you think it still can happen? i think it still can, yes. ayad allawi, we have to end there. thank you for being on hardtalk. thank you very much. hello. we've got multiple areas of low pressure to deal with across the uk in the coming days. monday's rain has cleared away, but waiting in the wings is our next system pushing in from off the atlantic, this one likely to bring some disruption across parts of scotland and northern england, given the strength of the wind and also some heavy rain. that's only part of the story, though, because we are also pulling up some very mild air. temperatures quite widely in the mid—teens, maybe even higher to the east of higher ground. but it's the strength of the wind that we're concerned about through tuesday. severe gales

ever since 2003 in the toppling of saddam hussein, iraq's politics has been dominated by secretary and is. and the country is so divided, there is so much mistrust that the country cannot find a cohesive unit. and in fact and after 2005, the secretariasm prevailed in the country, and the government officials, i did whatever ican do government officials, i did whatever i can do to retrieve everything and put the political process back again. but that is the point, you area again. but that is the point, you are a shia politician who has always tried to reach out to sunnis, to kurds, if they may say so, you have failed. no i have not failed. both of the policies have failed in iraq. they agreed amongst themselves, that they should stop me from trying even to form a government in 2010. in 2012 we wanted to cast a vote of no—confidence. iran stood against us. but the truth is, whether you we re us. but the truth is, whether you were robbed of power or not. the iraqi people, their vote and the credibility in their mind by both the administration of the american decision and the iranians...

in the bleakest of the hours, i never gave up hope, that iraq one day will see the end of saddam, and we thought we will build an iraq suitable for all iraqis, and all iraqis should be part and parcel of this. unfortunately, this never happened. when the occupation took place, there was a series of laws that weakened iraq. but you think it still can happen? i think it still can, yes. ayad allawi, we have to end there. thank you for being on hardtalk. thank you very much. well, the winds have been a real feature of the weather across northern parts of the uk, particularly scotland. still pretty blustery out there but not as windy as it has been. how about wednesday for most of us? well, there is both sunshine and rain in the forecast. so here is the big picture across our neck of the woods. there is a big storm just south of iceland, pushing still some clouds in our direction, and it looks as though it's going to be pretty cloudy across southern parts of the uk during the course of wednesday, but this is also where we have the milder air, so two areas of weather, really, across the uk

countries which have been consuming america's attention for a while now the threat comes from iraq saddam hussein needs and protects terrorists the coalition forces did not come to colonize iraq we came to. overthrow a despotic regime everywhere we go in the middle east it's a rare ran around major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran are record hears behind every problem is are a so the scene is set we have a visible villain in our story and in case you are in any doubt as to who our hero is while who else but the one his ambition is only as a pin to throw off the shackles of injustice and make democratic dreams come true i think things have gotten so body inside iraq from the some point of the iraqi people my belief is we will in fact be greeted as liberators last night there was dancing in the streets in parts of iraq we we have every expectation the people not only in iraq but in iran will view the american action last night as giving them freedom but all here knows better than to go round and touching people without some

countries which have been consuming america's attention for a while now the threat comes from iraq saddam hussein needs and pretext terrorists the coalition forces did not come to colonize iraq we came to. overthrow a despotic regime everywhere we go in the middle east it's a rare. major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran are record here's behind every problem is are a so the scene is set we have a visible villain in our story and in case you are in any doubt as to who our hero is while who else but the one his ambition is only as a pin to throw off the shackles of injustice and make democratic dreams come true i think things have gotten so body inside iraq from the some point of the iraqi people my belief is we will in fact be greeted as liberators there was dancing in the streets in parts of iraq we we have every expectation the people not only in iraq but in iran will view the american action last night as giving them freedom but all here knows better than to go round and touching people without some kind of justificatio

well i think it's more about 9091 war because of the time saddam hussein actually jeopardize american interests now iranian ties american interests there are so many things iraq need to manage at that time on the political and military issues now iran is doing something like that also now iran has sanctions economic sanctions iraq of that time starting with the economic sanctions so there are some sort of a similarities about $991.00 war maybe maybe just maybe i'm not sure that i'm just smelling things is dark at the end there will be 2003 in a way or another the trump if he will win the elections definitely he needs some sort of war because we all know that there is some sort of a financial crisis in the financial system in the international financial system and always war. that's the way of the americans always think is that war can do something about the financial crisis so i think just i said it's similar to $99.00 to $1.00 maybe just maybe the idea is that the iranian is not saddam which is totally different things and they are more pragmatic they know how to deal with the situat

repercussions not only from iran but also from iraq iraqis except for those bathurst who supported saddam hussein in isis supporters who are celebrating the overwhelming majority of iraqis supports general salomone and are grateful to him for helping save the country and they're very grateful to the al mind this their war hero who 2 alongside general salim money pushed back the forces of death and extremism now the pentagon claims this last trial was a defensive action to defend american interests in the region why do you think the u.s. went next far ken killing a foreign general in a foreign country. yes the invasion of afghanistan was in defense of the united states then beijing of iraq was in defense of the united states the plunder of libya was in defense of the united states the destruction of the yemen is in the defense of the united states wherever the united states goes and destroys its all for they helped saddam hussein build his massive army they gave him they gave him chemical weapons just like the europeans to use against his own people and then they destroyed his army then th

countries which have been consuming america's attention for a while now the threat comes from iraq saddam hussein aids and protects terrorists the coalition forces did not come to colonize iraq we came to. overthrow a despotic regime everywhere we go in the middle east it's a rare ran around major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran are record hears behind every problem is are a so the scene is set you have a visible villain in all story and in case you are in any doubt as to who our hero is while who else but the one his ambition is only as a pin to throw off the shackles of injustice and make democratic dreams come true i think things have gotten so body inside iraq from the some point of the iraqi people my belief is we will in fact be greeted as liberators. there was dancing in the streets in parts of iraq we we have every expectation the people not only in iraq but in iran will view the american action last night but our hero knows better than to go around attacking people well some kind of justification it's not partic

sound like humanity is being saved this is a blockbuster off the role that has to be an apocalypse saddam hussein and his. are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction iran will not get a nuclear weapon and as we came into office around was on a pathway that it provided by the nuclear deal which clearly gave them the opportunity to have those nuclear weapons and all the while he hopes the one actually all spending thing concrete but then he's just a man with a grudge us grumbling to establish a link between iraq and al qaeda is so far frankly unconvincing we're still left with the problem of bringing public opinion to accept the imminence of a threat from iraq regime change does not stick out it sounds like a grudge between bush and saddam we need to know what the evidence is what led the administration to make the president to make this decision but i think this claim that it's his concern was to avoid war i think most people would say that this is made war more likely so just to be on the safe side he adds a little something extra something he knows will appe

moved into iraq on saddam hussein . talk about what impact this could have on the region in the gulf, and you even saw what happened -- the aftermath of when iran attacked the saudi oil fields. >> yeah, the iranian strike in saudi arabia recently was significant because it showed complexity. it was a multiple drone and rocket strike. so it was sophisticated. and it reduced saudi arabia's oil outpit by over a half. so what they can do in the short-term can be very effective. whether or not the united states would see that coming or its allies would see that sort of strike coming and this time and stop it ints tracks that's unclear. i think the threat falls into two areas here. one is what the proxies will do th they know exactly what's expected of them by tehran and that is attack u.s. forces and interests in syria and on the ground and will be exposed to that in iraq potentially. potentially in the gulf as well. so there will be the threat from proxies what they may choose to do. the throttle point that the regime often

what i'm saying is - [ laughter ] saddam hussein is stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. [ laughter and applause remember when we thought we could never elect a dumber president than george w. bush? and then, yesterday, our current president tweeted about impeachment and said, "hose republicans -- [ laughter ] voted 195-0 against it." well, i mean, i guess we can't expect the real estate developer to be able to spell the word house. [ laughter ] also, he lives in the most famous house in the world. and because none of his aides will ever tell him he's wrong, they're gonna have to change all of the signs now [ laughter ] and then at his rally last week, trump could barely get through the standard end of his stump speech without standing like he downed a bottle of novocain. >> we will make america wealthy again. we will make america strong again. [ laughter ] >> seth: did he just do a keg stand? [ laughter ] if your friend started talking like that, you'd rush them to the hospital to have their stomach pumped [ laughter ] he sounds like he just got knocked out in the first round by ro

something like saddam hussein. is he really gone? people didn't really believe it. >> it is at that level. i woke up this morning and i checked the news and i thought, qasem soleimani? wait. which one? could there be more than one? how could it be qasem soleimani could die in a u.s.-targeted strike? really incredible news this morning as it spread across the region, as people woke up to this news trying to really take stock of what it meant and what was going to happen next and, yes, the comparison with saddam hussein is an interesting one, of course, because saddam hussein was a sunni, qasem soleimani is a shia and they both played the sectarian cart very often. after saddam hussein fell, you know, or rather when he was in power people felt there was never going to be an end to this man's hold on power yet one day it was shown he was also fallible. today we've seen qasem soleimani thought to be invincible, all-powerful was in the end also mortal. >> from beirut, kim, thank you. >>> moments ago president trump speaking for the first

watchword throughout his press conference but he was also very keen to stress that the targeting of saddam army was a u.s. decision not a nato decision or meanwhile in iran the millions of mourners are turning out for the funeral of kassam solomonic there's been a huge outpouring of grief across the middle east and beyond iran's supreme leader earlier wept as he said prayers over the slain commanders coffin in tehran and some mourners carried red flags associated with the unjust bloodshed and revenge by the iran's foreign minister stated the u.s. cannot break the will of his nation. yet have you ever seen such a sea of humanity in your life donald trump do you still want to listen to the clowns advising you want our region do you still imagine you can break the will of this great nation and its people and of malign us presence in west asia has begun well the u.s. strike also killed abu mahdi al 100 if he was the deputy commander of iraq's popular mobilization forces and one of the most important military figures in the country r.t. spoke to mohandas back in 2017 and here's what he had to s

in fact, most people would say that is tied to regime change for saddam hussein's regime. that is why i voted to repeal the 2002 aumf. we have had troops fighting under the 2001 aumf. however, i suggested that that needs to be updated. >> where do you understand this going from here? i mean, the word powers resolution has always existed in a somewhat constitutionally nebulous space. administrations sort of like to say both say it shouldn't exist and they're actually listening to it. it seems to me there is a lot of work, a lot of ways to go to rein in back the power of a single president to engage in war in the era of the war on terror. >> certainly. and i think that's why this vote is so important. congress needs to engage in these debates. congress needs to have all of the intelligence information, understand the strategy going forward. we should certainly not accidentally or without thought get into another war in the middle east, specifically with iran. that needs to be something that is discussed in government, taken very seriously and done in a cool, considered way.

it dealt with threats coming from saddam hussein's iraq. saddam hussein is dead. his government and regime are long gone. this war authorization has no relevance to present day iraq and should be repealed not used to launch more military action. we'll likely hear an argument that repealing the iraq war resolution would undermine our ability to combat terrorism around the world. but let's be clear about something, the iraq war resolution, what we are seeking to repeal today, was never intended to authorize our fight against isis or other associated terrorist groups and it is not needed as authorization for any of these operations. there is another existing authorization for the use of military force, the measure the congress passed after 9/11 to deal with al qaeda. i don't agree with the administration's overly expansive interpretation of the 9/11 aumf, i think they have stretched it well beyond what congress ever intended. but even this administration has said clearly they can continue current counterterrorism operation ing the post devin -- post 9/11 authorizatio

we are starting various versions of the saddam airplane crash among the main versions is a hit by in their defense missile system ukraine's president himself though it was people not to speculate on the possible causes of the crash. i'm asking everyone to refrain from speculation conspiracy theories hasty conclusions and unverified versions it's not a topic for hyoid small a preliminary raney and reports suggest that the tree did not radio the help but was trying to turn back to the airport when the plane went down we discussed the crash with julian bray and aviation security expert he says that the plane's black boxes should be decoded as soon as possible a speculation is mounting. nothing is off the table so it could well be a rocket strike missiles so it could have been shot down could have been a drone could have been. bird strike we don't know and that is why we have the black box flight recorders on board which sirree new ones have recovered and so since we can get these probably decoded then we'll all know exactly what has happened to this aircraft and it's very important that

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the united states has spent $2 trillion on this government to replace saddam hussein. a shiite majority in the government that voted to ask the that weretes forces essentially substantially responsible for this government staying power in the face of isis to leave iraq. these would have been i think protectable consequences if someone had asked me to go after soleimani in iraq, what would happen. i would have said many of these things would have happened. what happens now to the force in the arms that they supported in light of the new guest: the soleimani deputy was appointed almost 24 hours after his death. he has been involved in many of the shenanigans. he was actually the person who helped organize the tens of thousands of afghan shiites and sent them to the area. i just saw tate of a very brave afghan woman, member of parliament, who said that soleimani since shiites into battle, 5500 have been killed. he was the commander, the person that organized it, might as well have been him who was defeated. i think they are going to go about their business, the thesess of

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i mean, she had shia, sunni, the kurds, they didn't want to live together and without saddam forcing them to, they probably rather be three countries, why not just let them be? >> actually -- i was thinking about that the other day actually. a lot of people want toto talk about the baath party and how it was uniting. what actually it was uniting is when you watch the 1979 saddam public purge whether calling people ten at a time and having them executed, everyone stood up and said long would saddam come along with the baath party. loyalty. about that's about preservationists. >> tucker: yet. >> and right of the people of iraq are standing up against the iranian regime. they are standing up and fighting against lucille melissa's. the cause him the monies. if you watch in the coming days, will have in the next 48 hours to 72 hours, millions of iraqis who are going to storm the streets into her square and all the other areas and boycott everything that parliament has voted for because they realize that this parliament is being threatened byth the pmf and iran and the only reason they've

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the war that saddam and his saudi arabian allies had hoped to end within a few days would last for 8 years and cost more than a $1000000.00 lives. and it established ayatollah khamenei as the ruler of iran and the supreme leader of shia islam. it's now almost 2 years since a conservative party was returned to power and i became prime minister. the times come i think if you don't need to ask ourselves one of 2 important questions we didn't promise you instant sunshine. we pointed out over and over again that the nation come to accelerate doubt little for years and then jam the brakes on i'm afraid some things will get worse before they get better one year after their election such as radical reforms we're not yet producing the expected results their political future has seemed uncertain. by the end of 981 she faced a fresh challenge from the new leader of the argentinian military regime diverting his people's attention from the country's economic hardships in april 982 leopoldo teary reclaim the falkland islands by fools as part of argentina's national territory. but the nationalistic

the war that saddam and his saudi arabian allies had hoped to end within a few days would last for 18 years and cost more than a $1000000.00 lives. and it established ayatollah khamenei as the ruler of iran and the supreme leader of shia islam. it's now almost a year since the conservative party was returned to power and i became prime minister the times time i think if you only need to ask ourselves one of 2 important questions we didn't promise you instant sunshine. we pointed out over and over again that a nation can't accelerate down little for years and then jam the brakes on i'm afraid some things will get worse before they get better one year after her election such as radical reforms were not yet producing the expected results her political future has seemed uncertain. by the end of 981 she faced a fresh challenge from the new leader of the argentinian military regime diverting is people's attention from the country's economic hardships in april 982. reclaimed the falkland islands by fools as part of argentina's national territory. but the nationalistic enterprise in turn off

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. >> tucker: the fascism of saddam was the only thing holding that country together. without saddam forcing them to, they'd probably rather be three countries. why not let them be? >> a lot of people want to talk about the de-ba'athification and how it was uniting. when you watch the 1979 saddam public purge and they were calling out people ten at a time and having them executed, that's not about loyalty. that's about preservationist. the people of iraq are standing up against the iranian regime. they are fighting against the qassem soleimanis. you're going to have millions of iraqis storm the streets and boycott everything the parliament just voted for. this parliament is being threatened by iran. >> tucker: i wish them all luck. i'd like to wish them luck from thousands of miles away. >> thank you so much for having me, tucker. >> tucker: amid the flurry of events last night, there was also this story. an airliner, ukrainian carrier, crashed shortly after taking off from tehran. all 176 people aboard died unfortunately. why did it crash? early reports were technical

i diligently following in on what you have outlined is is something that arises out of the fall of saddam the sign yes the american invasion occupation of iraq but you now have a situation where you have iranian influence in a majority counter. but you also have the americans invited in by the iraqi government you were there as well both of them competing in this place is this now particularly after today's assassination the proxy war that everyone feared on iraqi soil between these 2 big battles there is no doubt what happened today is a new milestone in the american iranian relations but this list not forget that you know maybe this is the final attempt to assassinate him last october do it in a minute there was a serious attempt to kill him actually on assure us that emanate in iran and at that time iran said you know israelis and for a government response a bit of that and that that's interesting because there was a previous attempt also in the sites the israelis apparently had had him in their sights before but both president obama and president bush did not want to do this because t

in 2002 and 2003 in terms of iraq, we were told over and over again that saddam hussein had weapons of mass distraction, that he was working with al qaeda, and that we needed to invade iraq unless we wanted to see another 9/11 or even worse, a nuclear attack. those claims were lies. the war in iraq led to the deaths of some 4500 brave american troops and the wounding, physical and emotional, of tens of thousands of others. it led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of iraqis and the displacement of over 5 million people and the increase this stabilization of an already unstable region. the war in iraq cost us trillions of dollars. money that could have been spent to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, provide quality education for our children, provide health care for the uninsured and underinsured. that, after all of the pain and suffering and deaths and the expenditure of chileans of dollars, the iraqi parliament voted earlier this vote u.s. forces out of their country. whonow we have a president abandoned the nuclear agreement with our allies has turned to a policy as collation

troops for such authority brings back painful memories from the saddam era when the u.n. security council imposed a crippling trade embargo. for us as young people we've lived through the sanctions during our childhood we don't want to face the same thing again we want to build the country. instead the country now risks sliding backwards the unfolding crisis between the u.s. and iran has shifted attention away from iraq's months long protest movement demanding far reaching political reform and an end to iranian interference in iraq . assisting nation demonstrators have been attacked at least twice by pro iranian crowds their worst fear however is losing their cause. people are afraid they are afraid of a strike that happened and they fear that something will happen inside to rear to these demonstrations demonstrators are divided over the parliament's non-binding the session on sunday to expel foreign troops some support the motion calling the u.s. strike a violation of iraqi sovereignty and we want iraq to be an independent country a country that thinks and decides and ma

government iraq has and certainly there are some iraqis who are happier today than they were under saddam hussein but the you know the basic fact is that the united states in order to destroy the order that was in iraq under saddam hussein cast the sunni arabs from the top of society down to the bottom and catapulted the shiite arabs who are at the bottom of society previously under saddam hussein 60 percent of the population to the top and gave them the government . and the government is run by shiites today they have a majority in parliament and they voted for america to get out they are sympathetic to slow money they're sympathetic to iran the shiites i unlocked in iraq look at ceylon each sulaimani as a hero he came in he saved them from isis sweeping in possibly going to take baghdad in 2014 he organized the shiite militias he armed them he helped iran helped them to turn back isis so did america but many people are grateful to so muscly money for that sunni arabs many of them look at silly money as a criminal in the same way that george that excuse me in the same way that president

on saddam hussein, it was a dictatorship. there wasn't as much open space for people to produce change. and i think the theory that was behind the rock worked was that in 2003, and we do want to go back to debate that let the theory behind it was flawed and that simply leap top of the and eliminate or decapitate the top, then somehow freedom will spread and we know that didn't happen. i think wildly accelerated in the islamic state in particular is that you have multiple fights going on inside rock. civil war first. a system of government simply was not responding. those conditions are still there. iraqis are still looking at the national government for the caretaker government. >> i would challenge the notion that wasn't all that new because we go back in history and there's any number of millennials mother was a seizure of the grand mosque 19799 want to go back to centuries before that before that it suzanne. i do want to draw out from what brian is talking about is any numbers of issues on governance, beyond simply this, m

look at what they did in syria on it let me stop you there just because i want to bring in a smell saddam to respond to this does the u.s. have to conclude on the basis of what mohammad just said that its mission in iraq has failed it appears to have no clear vision or strategy does it have to conclude that it spent all this money and failed. frankly i would say that you know i say it's part of what is going on i didn't deny anything but when you instigate the united states of course united states is is going to react so i think iran our iran backed you know forces in iraq instigated the united states surely act so if iranian got what they have wanted in fact a from from that reaction in fact that's is the golden moment for them to condemn what has done by american but. and the other hand we are turning a blind eye for what is going on in the other side i think what is going on that iraq iraqi you know state is not a state is a project to say it's not me who is saying that iraq is a fragile state and why it's iraq is a fragile a state because of the political parties who owns army groups