good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and comment, the cold later rails against th government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david - the infamous leader who wa killed along with 75 of hi cold members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mccartney of 2023 in waco, next weekend, on the 30t anniversary of the waco siege. and, while of course, trump is not accused of the kind of her horrific crimes and delusion that correct was, he is him choosing waco to host maga rally right now is just a little too on the nose for me. but, will he even be there i waco next saturday he doesn t seem to think so. the former pre
trump cornered his desperate attempt to control the narrative ahead of potential indictment his niece, mary trump, is here along with professor - plus, zero accountability. 20 years to the day afte george w. bush launched hi illegal iraq war also tonight, march for ou lives cofounder david on th gun reform movement, and o president biden s new executiv order. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and cinman, the cul leader rails against the government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david koresh, the infamous leader wh was killed along with 75 of hi cult members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mcc
aren t - that are quite insulated fro the american public opinion 100 percent agree with that. last question for you, peter why do you think of the lesson of iraq for today s geopolitics? for america s response to what is happening in ukraine, for example? for america s posture toward china? the lesson, first of all is just because something i bipartisan doesn t mean it s a good idea. vietnam was bipartisan as well secondly, america needs to tak much more seriously the things we hear from overseas, especially from the global south. it s people only global sout who have the most experience o american imperialism and tha have asked the toughes questions about our claims t moral righteousness. their voices need to be hear more in washington yes, they do. one of the reasons i like to hear your voice on this show even though you did get a rock run, as you ve been a very eloquent and outspoken criti of how foreign policy concerns
obama had opposed the war. i think it shows donald trum in the republican primary, significantly because he claimed to have opposed th iraq war, even though we kno he didn t. americans were actually trying to change the direction of american foreign policy. if you look at the institution that produced the kind o people who make american foreign policy in both parties they are very tied to th military industrial complex an they tend to have a set of hawkish american exceptionalis attitudes that really aren t - that are quite insulated fro the american public opinion 100 percent agree with that. last question for you, peter why do you think of the lesson of iraq for today s geopolitics? for america s response to what is happening in ukraine, for example? for america s posture toward china? the lesson, first of all is just because something i bipartisan doesn t mean it s a good idea. vietnam was bipartisan as well and secondly, america needs to take much more seriously the things we h