good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and comment, the cold later rails against th government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david - the infamous leader who wa killed along with 75 of hi cold members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mccartney of 2023 in waco, next weekend, on the 30t anniversary of the waco siege. and, while of course, trump is not accused of the kind of her horrific crimes and delusion that correct was, he is him choosing waco to host maga rally right now is just a little too on the nose for me. but, will he even be there i waco next saturday he doesn t seem to think so. the former pre
trump cornered his desperate attempt to control the narrative ahead of potential indictment his niece, mary trump, is here along with professor - plus, zero accountability. 20 years to the day afte george w. bush launched hi illegal iraq war also tonight, march for ou lives cofounder david on th gun reform movement, and o president biden s new executiv order. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and cinman, the cul leader rails against the government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david koresh, the infamous leader wh was killed along with 75 of hi cult members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mcc
anniversary of the invasion in iraq president george w. bush aided and abetted by prime ministe tony blair of the uk lied to the american public about th threat posed by saddam hussein lie to the world about wnbd s, and launched a war o aggression the u.n. secretary general a the time called it a legal called it a violation of the u.n. charter thousands of americans died, hundreds of thousands of iraqi died yet there has been littl accountability for the architect, the promoters o that illegal invasion. as i pointed out on my show on peacock earlier this week, the people behind the debacle in iraq have largely failed up. they are doing just fine george w. bush s swapping coug drops with michelle obama. he is not worried about bein subjected to an arrest warrant from the international crimina court. kind of like the one that wa issued for vladimir putin on friday over his illega invasion of ukraine. nor has bush taken any rea responsibility at all. my next guest was an arden
that illegal invasion. as i pointed out on my show on peacock earlier this week, the people behind the debacle in iraq have largely failed up. they are doing just fine george w. bush s swapping coug drops with michelle obama. he is not worried about bein subjected to an arrest warrant from the international crimina court. kind of like the one that wa issued for vladimir putin on friday over his illega invasion of ukraine. nor has bush taken any rea responsibility at all. my next guest was an arden support of the war in iraq, an influential liberal journalist writing op-eds making the case at the time, and he has shown lot of regret since, he ha apologized and said he was totally wrong. he joins me now, peter beinart msnbc political analyst an author of the beinart notebook on substack who is editor of the liberal pro war magazine i the new republic back in 2003. thanks for coming back on th show, peter. you and your that magazine backed the war you were a noted and outspoken