A long while to come to worlds apart 17 years ago de walt was convulsing with protest against the war in iraq one even sat a Guinness World record for the largest on to war rally ever but now theres 3000000 in drone nor the over 13000000 protesting across the globe could stall the Bush Administration from launching Operation Iraqi freedom which would lock up 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 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 why i think there is still a discussion going on about whether the american in
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 are clearly of invasion of iraq and 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 that 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 lives so are you saying that it was all wort
One speaker short for this panel. Dr. Raymond callahan due to circumstances beyond his control could not be with us today so were sorry that we are missing him today, but, you know, his friends here in new orleans are certainly thinking about him. To lead this session, we have called on one of the most distinguished military historians that were very fortunate to have right up the road here at the university of new orleans, dr. Allan millett. His career has not only filled he hasokshelves, but also fill the ranks of military history phds by overseeing the most doctoral candidates of anyone in the country. Its hard not to find one of his students around. To talk about one of the most important battles in june of 1944 and the war as a whole, its my pleasure to call on dr. Dr. Alan millett and Hiroyuki Shindo to discuss the battle in the chinaburmaindia theater. With that, allan, its all yours. [applause] prof. Millett im a pale substitute for ray callahan, i can assure you, when i wrote
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