Economy and social policy. Welfare, education, consumer and Worker Protection and inflation, watch, free to choose saturday on American History tv. On cspan 2. Hello, everyone, welcome to washington times, a special episode of history as it happens. Today we will talk about the iraq war, 20 years on. On march 20th, 2003 bush announced they were invading iraq and getting rid of sad Saddam Hussein. The war killed hundreds of people. We were not greeted as liberators, why . Our guest today for the podcast is the dean of u. S. Foreign policy historian, welcome thank you, i am delighted to be here to discuss this important topic with you welcome to the washington times. And the author of confronting Saddam Hussein george w. Bush and the invasion of iraq the book was published to coincide with the war but you have been working on this book for awhile. You seemed reluctant as you state to take on this project to begin with, why . I was reluctant for two reasons. First i was trying to finish u
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Washington Times for this special episode of history. As it happens, im martin di caro. Today were going to talk about the iraq war. 20 years on, on march 20th, 2003, president George W Bush announced the United States was invading iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction, weapons that did not exist. The war killed thousands of american soldiers and contractors and hundreds of thousands of iraqi people. We were not greeted as liberators. Why . Well, our guest today for this special episode of the podcast is the dean of us Foreign Policy historians melvyn leffler, welcome. Thank you. Im delighted to be here to discuss this really important topic with you. Welcome to the Washington Times, Professor Emeritus of history at the university of virginia and the author of confronting Saddam Hussein. George w bush and the invasion of iraq. So the book was published to coincide with the anniversary of the war. But youve been working on
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Washington Times for this special episode of history. As it happens, im martin di caro. Today were going to talk about the iraq war. 20 years on, on march 20th, 2003, president George W Bush announced the United States was invading iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction, weapons that did not exist. The war killed thousands of american soldiers and contractors and hundreds of thousands of iraqi people. We were not greeted as liberators. Why . Well, our guest today for this special episode of the podcast is the dean of us Foreign Policy historians melvyn leffler, welcome. Thank you. Im delighted to be here to discuss this really important topic with you. Welcome to the Washington Times, Professor Emeritus of history at the university of virginia and the author of confronting Saddam Hussein. George w bush and the invasion of iraq. So the book was published to coincide with the anniversary of the war. But youve been working on
africa somehow the region. and attacker is shot dead on a busy london streets and more police describe it as a terrorism related incident. and football fans flocked to miami for the super bowl kicks off in just half an hour s time. but we begin in china where a surge in the number of coronavirus cases has prompted officials to lock down a 2nd major city the eastern city of when joe home to 9000000 people is some 800 kilometers form will hand where the fire is was 1st discovered that the illness is now responsible for the deaths of at least 350 people in china within 16000 people have been infected a man from the han became the 1st to die outside china at a hospital in the philippines a number of african countries including botswana and goal or have reported suspected cases authorities there are worried that poorer countries are really quits to deal with any outbreak and a growing number of airlines are suspending services to and from. china south korea the philippines new zea
Months controversial secession referendum vote which the Iraqi Government says was illegal led to days of fighting between iraq and Kurdish Forces are accused of failing to support the Kurdish People but he says the referendum results can never be erased one on one. According to the law the presidency can be extended by the Parliament However i inform the parliament that i will not extend my term i will not accept any abed but in the law to extend my term as president Stephanie Decker has more now from air bill. It is massively significant just briefly this is a man whos been president for twelve years this is a man who fought baghdad for kurdish rights he is a huge figure when it comes to the history of this region whether people say this was expected or not the way hes leaving under the circumstances of the backlash of this referendum which he really wanted to be his legacy you know the fact that ninety three percent of kurds three million voted for independence and that its backfire