the iraq war ended in december of 2011. it was expected that u.s. troops would all leave iraq by new year s eve. by december 31st, 2011. but they made the transfer early on december 15th. nbc s richard engel was at the ira iraqi/kuwaiti border when the last troops left, watching the troops cross over the border and cheer and celebrate that the 8 1/2-year-long war in iraq was done. but the official end of the war was december 15th, 2011. that same morning, december 15th, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a small courthouse in a northern minnesota town right up against the canadian border. he shot the local prosecutor multiple times and he wounded two other people. that was december 15th. less than two weeks later on christmas morning, it was a mass shooting in downtown chattanooga, tennessee. a crowd of young people leaving a christmas eve party after
the iraq war ended in december of 2011. it was expected that u.s. troops would all leave iraq by new year s eve. by december 31st, 2011. but they made the transfer early on december 15th. nbc s richard engel was at the iraqi/kuwaiti border when the last troops left, watching the troops cross over the border and cheer and celebrate that the 8 1/2-year-long war in iraq was done. but the official end of the war was december 15th, 2011. that same morning, december 15th, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a small courthouse in a northern minnesota town right up against the canadian border. he shot the local prosecutor multiple times and he wounded two other people. that was december 15th. less than two weeks later on
they do some business with syria. they ve sold some stuff they do business with other countries. and that presumably brings in a little bit of foreign currency for them. you re going to ask mr. assad to help us with the north koreans? i want to bring this up, because all of us remember how the u.s. indeed i think the whole world miscalculated saddam hussein in 1990, on the eve of his invasion of kuwait when he moved 100,000 u.s. or iraqi troops from the iranian border to the kuwaiti border, and all the top u.s. officials were telling me, i assume they were telling you, he s bluffing, he s not going to go in and invade a fellow arab country, maybe he wants the kuwaitis to raise the price of oil a little bit. he would never do that. maybe a little border skirmish. it s really a bluff. and it wasn t a bluff, and he went in and went like a knife through butter into kuwait. i think of that now when i see people saying kim jong-un is bluffing. he may have called everybody s bluff
moved 100,000 u.s. or iraqi troops from the iranian border to the kuwaiti border, and all the top u.s. officials were telling me, i assume they were telling you, he s bluffing, he s not going to go in and invade a fellow arab country, maybe he wants the kuwaitis to raise the price of oil a little bit. he would never do that. maybe a little border skirmish. it s really a bluff. and it wasn t a bluff, and he went in and went like a knife through butter into kuwait. i think of that now when i see people saying kim jong-un is bluffing. he may have called everybody s bluff, but the united states assembled, with a coalition, 500,000 troops. over six months. yes. and did the job of getting rid of him. they would thought appease what happened. and he went back. the real bluff was saddam hussein thinking the world was bluffing in 2003. he didn t think the united states was going to invade. and he was busy telling people he didn t have any nuclear that he had nuclear weapons when
moved 100,000 u.s. or iraqi troops from the iranian border to the kuwaiti border, and all the top u.s. officials were telling me, i assume they were telling you, he s bluffing, he s not going to go in and invade a fellow arab country, maybe he wants the kuwaitis to raise the price of oil a little bit. he would never do that. maybe a little border skirmish. it s really a bluff. and it wasn t a bluff, and he went in and went like a knife through butter into kuwait. i think of that now when i see people saying kim jong-un is bluffing. he may have called everybody s bluff, but the united states assembled, with a coalition, 500,000 troops. over six months. yes. and did the job of getting rid of him. they would thought appease what happened. and he went back. the real bluff was saddam hussein thinking the world was bluffing in 2003. he didn t think the united states was going to invade. and he was busy telling people