A third of iraqs oil output and the Iraqi Government is just invited b. P. To raise production in oil fields in kirkuk recaptured from the kurds joining me now to discuss what has it times been like a nato civil war between the u. S. And turkey and syria is iraqi born British Academic Reza Sami Ramadan of the sun we havent seen you for for quite. Some time just before we get on with a more grim or matches you were up the war of course and this month marking the fifteenth anniversary of the biggest demonstration just as a reminder maybe specially to someone of the labor benches who voted for the iraq war what do you say to them when they apologise still saying saddam is gone. Should just a quick trip to baghdad actually to see the outcome of that terrible war of aggression against the iraqi people how iraqs infrastructure was destroyed i would say this has been nullified almost the Education System in collapse. Very high levels of unemployment poverty people actually collecting food fro
In the south produces almost a third of iraqs oil output and the Iraqi Government has just invited b. P. To raise production in oil fields in kirkuk recaptured from the kurds joining me now to discuss what has it times been like a nato civil war between the u. S. And turkey and syria is iraqi born British Academic Reza Sami Ramadan and he said we havent seen you for for quite some time just before we get on just over the more grim or matches you were up the war of course and this month marking the fifteenth anniversary the biggest demonstration just as a reminder maybe specially to someone in the labor benches who voted for the iraq war what do you say to them when they apologists still say saddam is gone. Should just a quick trip to baghdad actually to see the outcome of that terrible war of aggression against the iraqi people how iraqs and france was destroyed i would say this has been nullified. The educational system in collapse very high levels of unemployment poverty people actua
Being with us this morning. You are a man who lived through the Nuclear Threat of the cold war. Can you compare what that was like to the potential threats that we are aware of today in the world iran, north korea, other areas . Well, at the end of the cold war in the early 90s, a lot of people were hoping that the whole issue, the specter of Nuclear Weapons was behind this. Today i have to say that the possibility of a Nuclear Weapon beingty used is probably higher than any time since the human missile crisis and are concerned is less on inactive miscalculation that provides a faulty information for the United States and russia. Younu are feeling while you e energy secretary. Yes, indeed. Although i think its gotten worse in the intervening period. For example, with russia, lets face it our relationship is very, very poor at the moment. Much less communication that was going on and that is what adds to this idea that miscalculation is that could lead us to a very, very bad outcome. Yo
Dollar investments. Of course the Mainstream Media is refusing to give trump credit, even an ounce. We have seen the tax plan mentioned directly, that companies now feel more comfortable about the economic position they are in. They feel better about the u. S. Economy, they feel more con i department about their earnings and feel the lower tax rate allows them to share more of their potential earnings with their employees. I think there is a 100 correlation to what we have seen these almost 200 companies do and what we have done from a regulatory and tax standpoint. Charles the news is destroying if the notion of greedy american corporations. Tammy bruce, david webb, and deroy murdoch. Bre peyton is with us as well. She is a staff writer for the federalist. These numbers are really great. I have lost track of how Many Companies have done it. Its turning upside down the notion that if we allow Corporate America to keep more of what they earn, that they wont share the wealth. They we wer
Looking at what happened just a few days ago in the Korean Peninsula, north korea firing another, this time, three missiles shortrange missiles from its east coast. I think it is very timely and important topic to discuss and so we are extremely grateful to have three expert here today. We also warmly welcome all of you, make sure to have enough time for q a and hope we have fruitful discussions later. Todays panel is cosponsored by the institute for korean studies and the institute for humanitarian policy studies. First, just a few points for housekeeping. I want to thank my colleagues for organizing this panel, and the two institutes for their hard work in helping organizing this event. I also want to let you know that the institute for korean studies future events are listed in the fly. I hope you all received those flyers before you leave. We hav had many Exciting Events coming up as a place check those dates and subscribe to our mailing list, if you are interested. Before we actua