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Steve Coll, author of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq and Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Steve discuss America's decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the CIA's intelligence failures that led to radical misinterpretations of Saddam's ambitions after the Gulf War, the Iraq War's significance 20 years later, and how past mistakes can inform today's assessments of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:47 - Iraq War
4:57 - Saddam & WMDs
18:44 - What did the CIA know?
21:17 - Why did Saddam want WMDs?
26:22 - Why did we invade Iraq?
32:21 - Alternate history
38:23 - The CIA’s role
45:10 - How to deal with modern day dictators
52:22 - Lessons from Saddam
55:28 - US involvement in the Middle East

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@Ruder6163 4 ай бұрын

You deserve more views.

@paulheydarian1281 4 ай бұрын

Not Really-!!! He's just okay-!!! 😉

@Molego2011 3 ай бұрын

Dude, you're super amazing

@khalithered-dobbie7149 4 ай бұрын

Great Video

@jsands7 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’ve always wondered about this - (if the WMDs weren’t real… why did Saddam keep acting secretive when he could very clearly see the U.S. war machine gearing up to kill/depose him)

@MrJeremy987 4 ай бұрын

Keep up the great work Marshall!

@mmeeddddddozzzzzzz3421 Ай бұрын

It seems like he was more worried about loosing face than anything else, and this is something we didn't take into account.

@franklin9400 4 ай бұрын

We don't need to avoid another forever war. What we need is for the eldery experts to repay the debt they have built before they age out of life. Leaving the problems they made for us to repay. Knowing full well we aren't/can't. A dictator to restructure doesn't sound much worse. Considering the alternative is a debt bubble we can't get out of.

@jbo8540 4 ай бұрын

Actually we definitely need to avoid another forever war, and dont hold your breath on the debt repayment thing.

@franklin9400 4 ай бұрын

@jbo8540 I'm not worried about the debt. I quit participating in American society years ago. I live off government assistance. Until the value of everyone's assets and dollars becomes valueless. As will happen when we default. The young aren't repaying a debt they didn't spend. I have no interest in current America. Even while living within.

@GrayBlanket 4 ай бұрын

Ah, so you DO care about current America after all?! 😄

@definitelynotnick2454 4 ай бұрын

Can you try to get Ryan Grim on sometime again, would love to here some conversations between you two at some point.

@ComradeFromRhody401 2 ай бұрын

I have a feeling Ryan Grimm (or Krystal and Saagar) are not going to wanting to have anything to do with Marshall, after Marshall was just exposed on hidden camera for accepting $50,000 to infiltrate pro Palestine protests as an agent provocateur. They were even making underhanded, passive aggressive comments about it. The last couple shows they’ve had. I liked Marshall too, but what a jerk. He even said it was his worst fear getting exposed for doing it. Looks like his worst fears have come true