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Ep. 67: Saddam Hussein's Demise

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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The Big Failure in Iraq

The idea was that actually Iraq could become a Shiite dagger into Iran's heart, because it is the more traditional legitimate form of she is them. So we saw Iraq as a possibility for destabilizing Iran. The other side felt that you needed to appease the Iranian regime to stabilize Iraq. And I'm sorry, and a team and insider and hoi and so forth were killed by Iranian agents.

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