Better off now than they were before now the reason i pose this question choose because the iraq war has now emerged as a major theme in the democratic primary process in the United States but equally between senator Bernie Sanders who voted against the war and former Vice President joe biden who supported it and this is this argument is ultimately about the u. S. Foreign policy how major decisions were made back then and how they are made right now. Do you think americans have made any changes in that Decision Making process based on the experience that they had in iraq would do you would you like them again to know how common how often to your country and announced without asking your population whether it wants to be liberated or not. The thing is the iraqis were almost united to specially at leas the opposition to. Moves to the iraqi previous iraq a vision where united in terms of helping their americans to to liberate iraq that was would have had not been possible if it wasnt for
Administration from launching Operation Iraqi freedom which would lock the country in fratricidal violence for years to calm whats really take for iraq to recover from it all to discuss that im now joined by a far higher. Chairman of the Iraq Advisory Council and a former political advisor to iraqi president s mr aldrin its so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. Thank you for having me now next month as you just heard me mention will mark the 70th anniversary of the bush administrations decision to invade your country on false pretenses and while nobody these days there is to defend the rationale for that war i think there is still a discussion going on about whether the american intelligence was so bad by accident or by design doesnt even matter as far as you are concerned or clearly of invasion of iraq on the liberation of what we call that of iraq as being a turning point in iraq as history. Also was a chance for iraqi liberation from tyranny. Have been exposed to
Accident or by design doesnt even matter as far as you are concerned or clearly of invasion of iraq on the liberation of what we call that of iraq has been a turning point in iraq as history. Also was a chance for iraqi liberation from tyranny. Or have been exposed to for a good 35 years or so. The iraqi people lived under persecution torture. And political persecution that they were subjected to a very bloody regime for years and years so we as iraqis most of us would see it as a liberation although it was termed later talking persian and led to a lot of unrest and conflict but in its core the tours are a cause for celebration for iraqis well its interesting you say that this liberation as you just alluded to came at the at a very high cost and i would argue that many people in iraq are still paying that cost of with the main risks and insecurities and our own life so are you saying that it was all worth it historically that it was the prize acceptable for iraq to pay to be free from
Nor the over 13000000 protesting across the globe the Bush Administration from launching Operation Iraqi freedom which would lock the country in fratricidal violence for years to calm whats really take for iraq to recover from at all to discuss that im now joined by a far higher. Chairman of the Iraqi Advisory Council and a former political advisor to iraqi president mr aldrin its so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. Thank you for having me now next month as you just heard me mention will mark the 70th anniversary of the Bush Administrations decision to invade your country on false pretenses and while nobody these days there is to defend the rationale for that why i think there is still a discussion going on about whether the american intelligence was so bad by accident or by design doesnt even matter as far as you are concerned or clearly of invasion of iraq on the liberation of what we call that of iraq as being a turning point in iraq as history. Also was a chan
Liberation as you just alluded came at the very high cost and i would argue that many people in iraq are still paying that cost with the main risks and insecurity is in the own life so are you saying that it was all worth it historically that it was the prize acceptable for iraq to pay to be free from tyranny. Well the thing is i dont think its a qantas fireable argument to say this is worth a dollar not worth it in terms of we we dont look at a bad way what is clearly sure is iraq was living under. Very tour and they looked at the dictator who who was holding to power at whatever cost and we have seen the cost of hundreds of thousands killed we called in to an aide to year bloody war that more than a 1000000 iraqis were killed in the war as well as 1000000 or plus iranians were killed on the did the rest of you see in the regions all to do with the regime. We have seen so its not a comparable situation room one for one but for iraqis they enjoy a lot more freedom than they ever have a