President George W. Bush sits within the Oval Workplace of the White Home late March 19, 2003, after a nationwide handle saying he had launched struggle in opposition to Iraq.
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President George W. Bush sits within the Oval Workplace of the White Home late March 19, 2003, after a nationwide handle saying he had launched struggle in opposition to Iraq.
Luke Frazza/AFP through Getty Photographs
In 2003, the U.S. launched a struggle in Iraq based mostly on what turned out to be unhealthy intelligence about weapons applications, then spent years mired in a battle with no clear finish.
At present, President Trump is threatening to convey the U.S. navy into one other Center East battle. As with Iraq, the justification for a possible assault on Iran is the alleged menace of a nuclear weapon.
We speak to journalist Steve Coll, writer of The Achilles Entice: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq about how this second echoes the run-up to the struggle in Iraq and the way it differs.
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This episode was produced by Michael Levitt and Connor Donevan. It was edited by Tinbete Ermyas and William Troop. Our govt producer is Sami Yenigun.
