saddam hussein were happy to see him go. do you think there are some positives there, clearly you don t feel there was a huge amount of support initially, do you think overall, it has been a positive move? i overall, it has been a positive move? ~ ., ., , ., , move? i think that many iraqis see the overthrow move? i think that many iraqis see the overthrow of move? i think that many iraqis see the overthrow of the - move? i think that many iraqis i see the overthrow of the saddam hussein regime which had been quite a repressive regime especially for the shi ite community and iraqi kurds and a number of minority communities, many iraqis applauded the overthrow of saddam hussein. i also think the expected united states and the uk and others involved in the invasion to sit iraq right, to make it look like the west and a short period of time. and as i said there was really no concrete plan to do that, and frankly imposing a western style parliamentary democracy on the political system l
the laws that authorization military action against the saddam hussein regime. lawmakers who pushed this proposal agree the authority is now unnecessary and those again pus pushing the repeal argue the two 02 authorization especially has been abused. this action comes 20 years after president bush dropped the first bomb. congress a passed the authorization in october of 2002. five months before it began. acts as an outlaw state are coming to an end. the united states is committed to helping make the world more peaceful. and more just. we ll leave the politics of what happened after the iraq war awe side, but we are covering the white house in those days. what is striking to me is it s 20 years later and the 2002 authorization is still on the
books. let me show you there are 25 senators and 39 members of the house who were around for that vote 20 years ago. 64 members total out of 535 who are still here. so sunday is 20 years since the beginning of the shock and awe airstrike campaign that president bush ordered. it s really remarkable. 1991 is even more astonishing. but it s the more important one that has been invoked more than a decade after saddam hussein was executed. barack obama invoked that. this should be clear that 2002 authorization of these had nothing to do with isis. nothing to do with anything but the saddam hussein regime. then donald trump used to justify the airstrike. in that justification he quoted the obama years. you hear from folks on the hill
necessary. congressman, i have to ask you about this ukrainian police claiming today to have uncovered a torture chamber in a town formally occupied by russian forces in eastern ukraine. police say among the items found was a container full of extracted gold teeth, local residents say that they heard screaming, constantly, from the building. as a veteran yourself, what do you think when you see something like this? well, during the invasion, in iraq, when i was a paratrooper, they ve saw these storm or troopers paratroopers, all the signs of the history of the torture of the saddam hussein regime. it s terrible, it s horrific, it s the worst of human nature. and unfortunately, it s happening with a terrible horrific prevalence by the russians in ukraine. they are committing war crimes. they are doing brutal terrorist things. they are using rape as a weapon of war. they are murdering innocent civilians. they are torturing and executing people, they are folding mass graves. and the o
building. as a veteran yourself, what do you think when you see something like this? well, during the invasion, in iraq, when i was a paratrooper, we saw these torture chambers, all the signs of the history of the torture of the saddam hussein regime. it s terrible, it s horrific, it s the worst of human nature. and unfortunately, it s happening with a terrible horrific prevalence by the russians in ukraine. they are committing war crimes. they are doing brutal terrorist things. they are using rape as a weapon of war. they are murdering innocent civilians. they are torturing and executing people, they are folding mass graves. and the only way it ll stop if the ukrainians stop it. with our support! so we have to make sure that is getting done. and that s also why, as a member of the intelligence committee, and leading an effort, to create a coordinator, within the intelligence committee, to actually gather all the evidence, all of these war crimes, so it can be