Say peace loving after after the attack so its the iranians feel its the other way around but more importantly i think the iranians believe that the americans have made probably the biggest mistake. That theyve made among the many mistakes that theyve made over the past decade and that is that theyve turned the iraqi people against the United States theyve turned the iranian people against the United States and theyve united iran in iraq in a way which we havent seen before you know chris youre in iraq war veteran i mean talk about that because thats essentially whats happened and if you look at whats coming out of the pentagon and other places of power in washington d. C. What where does democracy actually stand now in iraq because it was invaded under the auspices to bring democracy to iraq now they have a parliament in the form of the Parliament Says thats time to go home but washington says on not so fast so what is the value of the democracy that was forced upon the iraqi people i
Past week weve heard a lot about escalation deescalation and what is proportionate weve also heard the words war this is how the u. S. Ran complex describe what is not talked enough about is the necessity of ending the American Military presence in the middle east these endless wars must cease. Talking the us around conflict im joined by my guest Mohammad Marandi and to him hes a professor at the university of toronto in washington we have christopher and i when he is founder of American Veterans policy network and in iraq war veteran and in sydney we cross the alley risk he is a middle east expert as well as contributor with a monitor all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate when home and let me go to you 1st here if you were to believe the media things are settling down a little bit after this tumultuous week involving the United States iran and the entire region and were going to talk a lot about iraq here where do thing
The plane crash just hours after the missile attack from iran. The boeing passenger jet that went down minutes after takeoff in tehran. 176 people killed. Was it catastrophic failure . Was it a bomb . Or was it iran on heightened alert . The major winter storm from the south all the way up into the northeast. Snow, ice and freezing rain. Rob times it out. The urgent effort tonight, the staggering toll now from the wildfires in australia. Now a billion animals lost. Breaking news tonight on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. The royal stunner. What prince harry and duchess meghan have now revealed. The queen hinting not so fast. And the toddler, the little girl out on the ledge. Her mother, its believed, was in the shower. Onlookers horrified. The child is okay. And what authorities are now saying tonight. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. And we begin tonight with the u. S. And iran appearing to back away, at the edge of war aft
That these 7 members distinguished members have accepted this serious responsibility again to protect and defend for the people defending our democracy. Russias Prime Minister has stepped down in a move seen as paving the way for president Vladimir Putin to hold on to power when his term ends in 2024 Dmitri Medvedev says his resignation will allow for putin to introduce sweeping changes to the constitution during his state of the nation address putin proposed an increase in parliaments power as well as an enhanced role for the state council donahoe reports it was dramatic and entirely unexpected except that just hours before the resignation of russias Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his entire government the president Vladimir Putin had called for government change. But i would list that as hes given. We as the government of the Russian Federation should provide the president of our country with the opportunity to make all necessary changes to the political system. In the annual liv
Forecast to return with people warned to be ready to evacuate. Under the growing claims that a missile strike possibly accidental was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash in iran on wednesday all 176. 00 passengers and crew were killed moments after taking off from tehran intelligence officials in washington believe the plane was most likely brought down accidentally by iranian air defenses and in the past few minutes the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said multiple intelligence sources suggested the plane was shot down or hear from him shortly of u. S. President donald trump says he has a terrible feeling about the disaster. I have my suspicions it was very i dont want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. Its a tragic thing when i see that its a tragic thing. But somebody could have made a mistake on the other couldve couldve made a mistake it was flying it was it was flying in that our system had nothing to do with us it was flying into a pretty r