Thats a moral failing in you. But we can talk about that later, maybe, over the phone with less of a delay. True. Okay. Sounds good. Thank you, my friend. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Very happy to have you here. I am going to tell one very quick iraq story, but im telling you its quick, and theres a reason for me to tell it. Um, in 1996, when Bill Clinton was president , part of Northern Iraq fell into absolute crisis. The first Gulf War had happened, of course, under the previous president , george h. W. Bush. Gulf war 1. In the wake of that war, the Kurdish Population in iraq had, basically, risen up and revolted against the iraqi dictator, saddam hussein. Saddam responded by crushing them, and millions of kurdish iraqi fled into the mountains of Northern Iraq and toward the border with turkey. They were just trying to save themselves and their families. Turkey wouldnt let them cross the border. They really had nowhere else to go inside iraq. Meanwhile, saddam
The Rachel Maddow Show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. The good thing about it, though, is even people who are incredibly talented and incredibly nice get tripped up in it. Even though the delay makes you feel like a jerk, when you are patently not a jerk and a very smart person. It still reaches out and grabs you by the ankle. It does. Unavoidable. Thats thats exactly right. In fact, you and i are speaking over a delay right now, which makes this exchange hard, a. And, b, i found it weirdly satisfying and delightful that those two lovely people were tripped up because it trips us up, too. Thats a moral failing in you. But we can talk about that later, maybe, over the phone with less of a delay. True. Okay. Sounds good. Thank you, my friend. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Very happy to have you here. I am going to tell one very quick Iraq Story but i am telling you its quick. And theres a reason for me to tell it. Um, in 1996, when Bill Clinton was presiden
Hussein. He responded by crushing them and millions of kurdish iraqis fled. They fled into the mountains of Northern Iraq, they were trying to save themselves and their families. Turkey wouldnt let them cross the border, they had nowhere else to go. Saddam was after them in a genocidal of rage. The un ended up setting up what was intended to be a safe zone for the kurds in Northern Iraq, it was protected by no fly zone. It was an international coalition effort. Lots of groups provided help there to. That inherently unstable situation lasted five years. But, in 1996, Bill Clinton is now president , saddam attacked and the Coalition Forces that were protecting the iraqi kurds they backed out, they left. The reasons for that and the consequences of that are dark and complex, and that is a longer story. In the immediate moment in 1996 when that happened, the u. S. Realized that it had a big short term, simple, urgent, moral and strategic catastrophe on their hands. In the five years since
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attorney david weiss who already tried once to get immunity for hunter for all future times. texas editor ted cruz on who will have the upper hand on exposing high crime and misdemeanor at the white house. a new special counsel or gop investigators. investigative reporter john solomon of just news and emily joe mars on the next shoe to drop on the biden gravy chain from foreigners alleged influence peddling that the president continues to deny. there is a testimony by one of your son s former business associates is claiming that you were on speakerphone about with them talking business. i never talk business, i knew you would have a lousy question. why is that a lousy question. is not the truth. why another weak response to communist china biden s executive order which was supposed to limit investment in the chinese military. it needs to be so much more formidable. then you have the one year hiatus for implementation. a typical dodge by the administration possibly