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Ep. 67: Saddam Hussein's Demise

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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Is There a Dual Containment Policy?

Bill Clinton pursued a policy that was called dual containment. The idea was to have Iran and Iraq counterbalance each other on the weekend. After 9 11, U.S. sanctions against Saddam Hussein were beginning to unravel. This didn't happen in a vacuum this happened immediately after 9/11.

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