"Catastrophic": Iraqi Writers Sinan Antoon & Feurat Alani Reflect on U.S. Invasion 20 Years Later

At around 5:30 a.m. local time in Baghdad on March 20, 2003, air raid sirens were heard in Baghdad as the U.S. invasion began. Within the hour, President George W. Bush gave a nationally televised speech from the Oval Office announcing the war had begun. The attack came on the false pretext that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction, and despite worldwide protest and a lack of authorization from the United Nations Security Council. We spend today's show with two Iraqis looking back at how the unprovoked U.S. invasion devastated Iraq and helped destabilize much of the Middle East. Feurat Alani is a French Iraqi writer and documentarian who was based in Baghdad from 2003 to 2008. His recent piece for The Washington Post is headlined "The Iraq War helped destroy what it meant to be an Iraqi." Sinan Antoon was born and raised in Baghdad. He is also a writer, as well as a poet, translator and associate professor at New York University. His latest piece appears in The Guardian, headlined "A million lives later, I cannot forgive what American terrorism did to my country, Iraq."
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[@Fatma-mx6cc]

The sadness comes for me, from being a very young woman in the Military during the first Iraq war, when I look back now and realize how I didn’t even know what a Muslim was, what Middle Eastern culture was, or their traditions. I blindly followed my government who taught me to hate. Many years later, I live in the Middle East now, I am a Muslim and married to an Arab man with a son. I have seen both sides, and I know everything we were told was a lie. I came to the Middle East to see for myself, and that journey began with the original thought I had, how can I hate a people or religion I know absolutely nothing about. My heart will always be broken, but the life I have now is so full of love, family, rich traditions, and deep faith. However, I see my country dishing out the same hate for another war, Russia, China, Ukraine. I will never trust my Government!!! And I will never live in America again.

[@faisalal-shaibx631]

You almost made me cry ☹ I hope everything turned out well for you in our Muslim world. Where exactly are you living now sister?

[@valkiehaider4544]

You are a "Joy" to share!! Thank you ! I too have a passion.. respect.. of the Middle eastern brothers and sisters.. gracious..hospitality..family..and a faith so often misunderstood.. Hate is a horrible action on soo many levels! Sending many Blessings for yourself..children .. family.. You are a sister of deep understanding shared from one's sincere heart.. May God (Allah) bless you.. to All!!

[@edwardjohnson5875]

You are so right for waking up we go start a war and Invasion War crime against Iraq when the whole world knew that it was Israeli Mossad that orchestrated 9/11 the u.s.s. Liberty June 8th 1967 also the Beirut bombing that killed 283 Marines in the barracks was also orchestrated by Israel and its Mossads in the 9/11 attack. American people have been so dumb down by the media that is owned by the zionists Rudolph Murdoch and it's war criminal friends the whole world know this was an intentional War crime Invasion terrorist act against the Iraqi people and the Iraq country but the West will not look at Israel and its war crimes daily against the Palestinian people also the United States never supported the lives of South Africa that was catastrophically enslave for hundreds of years by the Royal Dutch how old can you ever say the United States is the world peace leader Israel and the United States is the worst terrorist ever lived on the planet Earth that's why Ireland expelled Israeli politicians in Terrorist plotters out of their country Ireland in the American people are so dumb down through the education system in the propaganda news media the brainwashing some daily peace to you my sister and you made a beautiful Choice getting the hell out of the United States Mary and starting a new life of culture and respect for Humanity may Allah be with you

[@collinshardyproust]

Thank you for sharing! You should consider writing a book

[@coastsouljah]

That's so sad to read this. It's a real blow actually because we know we have serious corporate/government level corruption in our politics and it really sucks because it's the opposite to what we stand for.

[@citizen.cane1]

George Bush is the best example of US American Arrogance and Criminality. 😡😡😡😡😡

[@rjung_ch]

and needs to be prosecuted and locked away forever. He and so many from 20 years back. Outright murderers.

[@jo-annerichardson34]

Absolutely.

[@mynameismynameis666]

and yet they want Putin at the ICC who hasn't even got a fraction of people killed. these are the people doing bushs bidding without knowing. deplorable

[@RobertJones-jv5cc]

He is a murderer, a traitor and should be in prison of life.

[@Justin-lf1fs]

He’s a smug pos, millions dead on a false pretense and he doesn’t even bat an eye. Should’ve been him on the noose.

[@elizabethreid9448]

War crimes.

[@starrysafari]

May I ask for help please to call out KZbin for sensoring, Ukraine on Fire produced by Oliver Stone. Why Netflix removed it when war started? Why KZbin removed it until backlash, and why when I search it on KZbin, instead Winter on Fire (Na zi version) is coming up on top? Is KZbin trying to deflect from truth? How is it fair?

[@Elisa-mg3rc]

20 years later and the US is preparing for WWIII

[@Dizle81]

The war we have now in Ukraine would have never happened if Saddam and Gaddafi(or is follow-ups) were still alive

[@D-E-S_8559]

​@@Dizle81 I guess the banning of tik-tok proves that the Chinese were right to censure the internet ---No Russian opinions are permitted on western internet or tv... Ukraine should learn how to protest against occupation, peacefully----just like Palestinians.

[@rockshox08]

The same thing is taking place in the proxy war in Ukraine and it is fully supported by Congress So we can say Americans never learn anything and love our wars and imperialism 🎉 And now depleted uranium, how did that work in Iraq ?

[@abdullahali8526]

U.S.A.THE PUPPET OF ZIONIS

[@xanderarena]

Nuland=Kagan=PNAC= controlled demolitions. We’ve had 20yrs to stop them and have failed.

[@highwayred480]

It makes me sick to hear George’s voice and the lies he was telling us in America

[@shayaldwarka7907]

The thing that should are you more sick is how they first protected Saddam Hussein during the iraq Iran war. Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons and the west was not punishing. Also the people that support Bush and how they silenced American veterans who fought in Iraq.

[@Peter-xg5fq]

Biden and the western nations of NATO are doing it right now in Ukraine.

[@christinesmith1499]

As a Native American, where our people's cultures and way of life were destroyed, Sinan, I stand with you

[@henryng9406]

Christine, I feel your pain. ❤❤❤

[@herojiro31valmire32]

Disease killed most native Americans, would have happened regardless as world populations grew. As I know it; over 500 tribes have agreements with the USA government. Hunter gatherers being a nomadic primitive way of life would not have lasted. Private property rights, advanced financing, modern weapons, etc. assured their defeat in the USA wars with the tribal nations. I mean before the Europeans, tribes still fought tribes and people existed before natives I sure and lost their wars. Stories of red-headed giants in North America destroyed by native tribes, Clovis/pre-clovis peoples are gone. I know many tribes rich beyond belief to most Americans and autonomous governing. Europeans could have taken everything but didn't. Much collective guilt exists today in the USA.

[@christinesmith1499]

@@herojiro31valmire32Whatever happened in the 1800’s to Native people in regards to world populations, the worst thing they did was they stole our souls and connection to Creator, I don’t think people understand how much Native Americans connected to the Creator through nature. It sounds like the colonizers used the same method in the 1800’s USA of conquer and divide to kill off American Natives as they are doing in Iraq, dividing the Iraqi people into religious fractions so they kill themselves, truly evil.

[@scarletkittyeyes]

​@@herojiro31valmire32 check the level of indoctrination you have been taught around this. When is the last time you spoke to or listened to someone who is Native/Indigenous? if your answer is never, i bet you are listening to propaganda

[@captainwin6333]

@@herojiro31valmire32 You're worse than Putin.

[@beesplaining1882]

American justice: Assange jailed and tortured / Bush free as a bird. 😢

[@jessicachadwick9457]

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE. HERO.

[@j01150126]

And repatriation for Snowden.

[@u.z.9383]

I remember that day Exactly. I was working as a psychologist in a rehab near Berlin, Germany. The old ladies in their wheelchairs were crying and sobbing the whole day. It was war! They were exchanging stories about going to the bunker every night. In WWII.

[@henryng9406]

War is all hell, only Americans love it. They are drunk on war.

[@docterryates340]

How psychologically dramatic that was? U.S.A. The United Snakes 🐍🐍🐍 of America.

[@optimisticfuture6808]

Compared to now when Germany is a slave of the US

[@monaliza3334]

While their husband's murder 27 millions of Russians and gas 6 million Jews.... They were all zigging for Hitler. Well something obviously went wrong. Did you work for Russians who lost the children or mother or the father....

[@brigittemcdonough2385]

It was a way of life.

[@beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

I find it mind boggling how so many Americans feel they are the victims of migration! How do people not understand Many American political decisions directly contributed to the current situation...

[@magimuturi7489]

I totally agree with you there,,, that's exactlly what's happening here in europe,, all those wars ,, all the immigrats coming to europe,, without hope,,, it's a big shame,,

[@Enyavar1]

@@magimuturi7489 And let's not forget how the US weapon industry happily sells "small" weapons to the gangs in Latin America that _cause_ all the troubles that lead to migrations.

[@princemugwisi5486]

Judgment day is upon us now. Look what's going on now. ICC has to arrest Bush for Iraq Obama for Libya Tony Blair for Zimbabwe and everyone in France for west Africa

[@husseinshuaibu3560]

Victims of migration or migrants themselves, where are the Indians?

[@goldenhawk9322]

Possibly... Some Americans feel that they are the victims of immigration. Its their government who makes these foreign policy decisions. In democracy, we're essentially electing our dictators and there's nothing we can do about it once they are in power.

[@constantquestioning4010]

Deeply deeply moved by the dignity and strength of the speakers May God bless and protect the peoples of Iraq now and for evermore 🕯 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@maka259]

Great show very telling by these Iraqi patriots who paints the grim reality of what Bush and Blair did, the pain and suffering of Iraqis continues to shed light on what would become of World civilisation led by Anglo Saxon exis of evil. Thanks you for your support.

[@christinesmith1499]

I am Native American, my people know how you feel

[@maka259]

@@christinesmith1499 Thank you it’s a great comfort to be understood by decent human beings, particularly native Americans, which is a very telling tale of “let’s crush old cultures and wisdom and promote new American ideals instead = political and social chaos & current gender crises”

[@peaceformula5830]

Is Wolfawitz and Anglo Saxon?

[@maka259]

@@peaceformula5830 no he is not, but he subscribes to that Judea Christian tradition which is the faith of US neo conservatives since time memorial, thanks for your thoughts, respect

[@Madasin_Paine]

No mention of the war being about a Haifa Israel pipeline or about sending Israel Iraqi oil or about the Plan For Greater Israel and taking out a half dozen Arab countries on its behalf. Recall infamous Glencore Oil mogul, notorious traitor ,Marc Rich, pardoned by Bill Clinton, was part of a pro-Israel network that worked to get Iraq’s oil to Israel. Oil insider Gary Vogler writes of the Iraq war: “The oil agenda I discovered and experienced was to supply Iraq oil to Israel.” The players were the neocons in the Bush Administration… Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, Lewis Libby, Marc Zell, David Friedman, curveball scoundrel Chalabi, The other reason for the invasion included installing largest U$ militarized embassy in the world in Iraq. Once Iraq was taken down, then Libya, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine and areas around Somalia Eritrea and Lebanon were decimated. Recall that Syria refused pipeline plans promoted by the U$ coalition. The agenda called for the reopening of the old Kirkuk to Haifa pipeline and its significant expansion. Thus another reason to punish Syria, even though it was helping that coalition after 2001! And once again UKs BP strikes the Gulf again. Yet revisionist exclusionary history experts at Demagoguery Now spin this anniversary report to push a one sided disinfo agenda that makes it allies look better and it's enemies worse and further divide and confuse it's audience, especially in the US.

[@richardkhalife]

Would be interesting to ask the members of the International Criminal Court have to say about Bush's responsibility regarding the war in Iraq! Wouldn't he deserve an arrest warrant?!

[@hatanto]

THE WORLD NEED TO REFORM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. CURRENTLY ICC IN THE HAGUE IS JUST A PUPPET OF THE USA AND UK!! ... ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!! THE WORLD IS NOT OWNED BY THE AMERICANS AND OR EUROPEAN ... WHO HAVE BEEN STEALING MANY NATIONS FOR CENTURIES AS IMPERIALISTS, AND TODAY AS THE OWNER OF IMF AND WORLD BANK ....

[@petergreenwood7731]

Spot on

[@Bobinka77]

Totally!!!! Where were they then?

[@peacetooneworld]

As soon as possible!

[@henryng9406]

Not just an arrest warrant, bring out a guillotine.

[@awindowontheworld]

When Bush/Cheney stated 'WE' are going to invade Iraq, I was yelling at the TV 'THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE TO INVADE!' Bush lied and millions died!! How heinously disgusting that those two criminals are not being held accountable.

[@didi9017]

I like that “BUSH LIED AND MILLIONS DIED!”

[@mck1972]

@@didi9017 , History will judge whether going into Iraq was the right decision or not. BUT-In all the years since the War, no one has ever produced any proof that Bush or Cheney knowingly, ' lied ', about anything-No One! So please get your facis right! smh

[@mariaceballos324]

Shame, shame and much shame to the double standards in the US!!!

[@edwardjohnson5875]

What do you expect when most of the American government Senate Congressman Pentagon politicians all of the Zionist what on Earth was he thinking about by letting these Israelis zinus infiltrate our government system and political government power for the last 53 years what else would you expect other than an invasion War crime in Iraq

[@tema20s]

the only interview i have ever seen that does justice to iraq ,the only one that allows iraqis to speak for themselves and tell their own and the true version of the story. kudos to the anchors, quite amazing.

[@pulsarstargrave256]

If Malcolm X was alive today, he wouldn't have been surprised one bit as similar issues (Vietnam being one) took place during his era!

[@magimuturi7489]

Where is ICC on this???

[@Dizle81]

Not for US or other NATO or western sponsored countries ,only for the "bad" guy

[@RemyIssa]

The baby part made me cry. The US government wants to eliminate the Iraqi population one way or another. Even if USA military leaves Iraq children will keep dying through the chemicals.

[@jchanmcse]

It's a genocide!

[@shayboubbinshaddad7181]

🗯🤷🏻‍♂️ اذا فرضنا لم تحدث تلك الحرب فصدام ذاته يشكل خطر علي الكويت هل لك علم ان التحرشات بالحدود بشكل هستري والتهديد المستمر لانه له طموح بأبتلاع دولة الكويت مرة اخري والتمدد الي المملكه العربيه السعوديه ان لم يفعل هذا سيفعل ابنه عدي تلك سلطه قتلت من الداخل قبل ان تود القتل الي الخارج ؟

[@katherinesavage6890]

ICC should indite Bush for war crimes...

[@jaythomas3224]

The US isn't apart of the justice part of the UN only the war part NATO

[@yvettesaunders6427]

Also Blair

[@curtisthomas2670]

There's this thing, a US bill called the American Service Members Act aka "Hague Invasion Act that authorizes the pres to use whatever means necessary including lethal military force to "rescue" any US, NATO or US ally personnel held by, held at or held on behalf of the lCC, to apply visa, financial or other sanctions on any countries that cooperate with the lCC in prosecuting or investigating said personnel and to sanction individual members of the lCC, but also allows the US to arrest and hand over foreigners to the very same lCC.

[@jennyomalley7634]

In 20 years time they will be showing what USA did to Ukraine, round and around it goes.

[@Kiyoone]

IF we have 20 years of humanity ahead...

[@s_africanchannel4810]

In 20 years the USA will be in serious issues

[@benberkowitz9617]

Exactly. Democracynow hasn't learned anything

[@cookielapaz8927]

Maybe the military biolabs will be condemned by then. Biden is another corrupt genocide criminal.

[@jaybo2286]

These men who step into the president seat are bred for the positions at a young age...they commit crimes in other nations cause we the American people are believed to be to stupid to find out, or to lazy to care! NONE OF THESE PRESIDENTS ARE ABOVE THE LAW! Bush, Chaney, Bill Clinton, hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden all should be held accountable for the crimes they've committed in other nations!

[@terrylovesenegal]

That was when our lives changed and since we have had to manage our frustration and anger of the immense injustice, war, torture that the US caused in Iraq. Bush, Blair and all those involved should be jailed and Julian Assange freed. The US has done so much damage and must be held accountable for Iraq and many other criminal actions.

[@eswaribalan164]

U S keeps coming back to the east to do more killing, spying, damage to freedom loving peoples.

[@ciara5867]

Brilliant interview. Thank you Sinan Antoon and Feurat Alani. ❤♥️👏👏🇮🇪🍀🇵🇸🕊

[@onisuryaman408]

The footage from 20 years ago ages so well. Ms. Amy Goodman, bless you.

[@morqesahar]

Sinan is a great writer, thank you for having him on. His piece in the guardian is also great, especially the ironic end about how lethal US weapons are then named as tribute to their colonial victims.

[@madfoxcityemnau6414]

Much like the American War machines are named after American Indian tribes, unfortunately.

[@paulah.9415]

Having grown up watching graphic video from Vietnam in the evening news, I knew something was terribly wrong when the US banned the practice of escorting embedded news journalists. On the one hand, I would like to disseminate this to some others, yet it has made my so physically sick that I'm just saving it for now, not wishing for others to absorb this painful material and suffer.

[@peaceformula5830]

Lol

[@ususa8052]

Thank you for saying "false pretext". Everyone seems to be scared of the truth these days.

[@doraannekey5228]

In 2003 I believed our gov decisions but now I've learned not to believe a word from any government person that sits high in criminality! The United States is doomed for the evil they have committed against humanity!😢

[@Sarah-sv6wg]

My dad was in the Army. He came back from Bush's war disabled and was never the same again. He drinks from morning to night.

[@mck1972]

Please thank your father for his Service for me. I hope he can help. But Please do not give credence to people like DN who try to rewrite actual history here because of their own bias.

[@jaybo2286]

Thank him for his service, and the part that is even worse. America doesn't even take care of their vets once they do the disgusting work of these power Hungry politicians! The VA is a disgrace to the men and women who served this country and its lying presidents

[@azad1718]

@@mck1972you should go and get disabled in a war based on false information and see how it feels

[@fra2847]

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers 2006 documentary

[@fra2847]

_“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.”_ ― Smedley Butler, War is a Racket Butler did fight under the influence of war propaganda but with good intentions and got used by the domestic enemy of the People... until he did twart The Business Plot (also called the Wall Street Putsch and The White House Putsch) in 1933. Ambrose Bierce: Railroad refinancing bill _When the angered Huntington confronted Bierce on the steps of the Capitol and told Bierce to name his price, Bierce's answer ended up in newspapers nationwide: "My price is one hundred thirty million dollars. If, when you are ready to pay, I happen to be out of town, you may hand it over to my friend, the Treasurer of the United States._

[@NuestraPatriaGrande]

Very needed coverage that we tend to sweep into forgetfulness ! Our history of violence as a nation is unfortunately a pattern of Western colonialistic mentality! To some US-Americans non-whites are “Indian Country “ residents! I noticed this peculiarity when I first entered New York City in 1957! Europeans became American! Indigenous communities and non-Europeans were inconvenient realities! The trend is morphing as an inconvenient truth that still divides the US along lines of a cancerous and pervasive racism!

[@kosmikprince6561]

It's horrific what happened to those children with congenital medical conditions.

[@gizelop8481]

The Iraqi’s should compose a book of photos of the children born with deformities and sent to members of the US Congress and a copy to all the George Bushes .

[@chriskkk1]

EXELENT Report🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@hansjorgkunde3772]

"If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.” Noam Chomsky

[@jaythomas3224]

Hang em

[@mck1972]

And this statement by Chomsky is yet more proof that ridiculous old man has absolutely NO idea WTF is talking about when it comes to anything outside Linguistics! 😀

[@michaelascheffler4229]

Danke!

[@paulfitzgerald2673]

Beyond Sadness

[@daisyrosario3438]

Same doctrines before same abuse now!💯

[@tmy7231]

What a mess, now we should really be concerned about what we say and what we do, the world is too connected and educated about what is right and happening

[@TheEricrya]

This video was absent from KZbin for me until 2 days after it was posted

[@D-E-S_8559]

I guess the banning of tik-tok proves that the Chinese were right to censure the internet ---No Russian opinions are permitted on western internet or tv... Ukraine should learn how to protest against occupation, peacefully----just like Palestinians.

[@Can-po1tv]

Yes, this action will haunt you for years to come and your distraction and blasts of the Northstream. 🤷🏻

[@aban2423]

Who do you think destroyed Nord Stream pipeline? Tell me.

[@Can-po1tv]

@@aban2423 if you don't know it by now you will never know it, or get educated. The sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines has turned Germany’s dependence on Russian natural gas into an addiction to liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US, a member of the German Bundestag, Andrej Hunko, has said.

[@aban2423]

@@Can-po1tv But the destruction part still remains a conspiracy until this day.

[@ilirllukaci5345]

It was the US invasion of Iraq that turned me into a Democracy Now junkie. For a couple years I never missed an episode and I simply idolized Amy Goodman. I have never stopped respecting her. I won't elaborate now, but I believe moral courage is tested only really at certain moments. She passed the test. That's my opinion.

[@whoscares]

I was really young when the Iraq war was happening and I’m so thankful to hear this

[@moealhamdan1456]

Thank u for the invitation of 2 Iraqi intellectual to talk about the atrocity of the Iraqi people after the American invasion. I take my hats to both of ur gustes. Arab American researcher

[@DCGridley-rx9cb]

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS !!

[@ferdinandbudicki7902]

Thanx Amy God bless you for fighting for truth!

[@marialennig3449]

Yes they should be charged for crimes

[@luxtavern3605]

This is a true and honest interview the questions are valuable and great answers love it thanks 🙏

[@user-vc5qk9tg7u]

Amarikans will never understand wars, not until they are at the receiving end.

[@lealyan]

that was then. now it's in ukraine.

[@pran7003]

George Bush " you shall see me siting on the right hand of Satan". OMG i see them drinking Pepsi - God help us!

[@Parsabalkhi]

Don’t worry bush and enjoy it’s your world keep it up they will see you hereafter and all your supporters it’s a temporary world everything will ends soon or later but eternity is forever. Me as an U.S. citizen As an Iraqi afghani and Syrian so happy for you 😊

[@j01150126]

If you watch any near death experience videos, a common theme is that all of these souls that have executed war and pain on others are made to feel it themselves when their physical body dies. Their souls will suffer the pain of millions.

[@TeresaGill86]

Thank you.

[@CK-jo9im]

What would happen if George Bush attempted a free walk, about 50 meters in one of the streets in Baghdad?

[@htopherollem649]

Nermien's comment on the poem written about the use of white phosphorus in which she called it beautiful makes me question her sanity. the images described were absolutely horrible. a better comment, and more fitting, would have been to describe the poem as "moving " or "heartfelt" . it felt like she wasn't even listening.

[@hrhtreeoflife4815]

Q Difficult to hear Q ❤️

[@gary100dm]

So similar to the USA war against the people of Vietnam.

[@karenhousley610]

Excellent broadcasting, exposing all this information, for my little mind

[@lewisting2292]

George W Bush and all his accomplices will stand before their creator one day and answer for the bloods on their hands. My heart is so saddened for the destruction of innocent lives of men/women and children😢

[@A_T__]

Its unacceptable to seperate Iraq and telling Iraqis what the best thing for them is! Offensive and arrogant suggestion. As Anton mentioned, the intention is to further weaken Iraq and siphon Iraqi resources.

[@anthothiyahisrael422]

2 Esdras 11:37 And I looked and saw something like a lion being roused, roaring out of the forest. I heard how he spoke in a human voice and said to the eagle(Rome/America and the European countries), 38 “Listen, you, and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you, 39 ‘Aren’t you the 👉last of the four beasts 👈that I made to rule in my world so that I might bring about 🛑the end of my times through them?🛑 40 You, the fourth (🦅) of the beasts 👈that I made to rule in my world so that I might bring about 🛑the end of my times through them?🛑 40 You, the fourth (🦅) that has come, conquered all the beasts that came before you, ruling over the world with much terror and over the whole world with harsh oppression. You have lived in the world with deceit for so long! 👀41 You judged the earth, but not in truth, 👀42 for you have oppressed the meek and injured those who caused no unrest.👀 You hated those who spoke the truth and loved liars.

[@cookielapaz8927]

Many scholars believe USA isn't mentioned. It either annihilated, under another country, or everyone went to heaven😮

[@akbarfarzin9857]

That’s why !!!!???America having Enemies!!!!! It is not only IRAQ 🇮🇶 Nicaragua 🇳🇮 Name themes ETC !!!!!!

[@warrenwiechern345]

DISGUSTING! Everytime BUSH JNR spoke to the camera he was so comfortable lying to our faces with conviction. Not even having to explain his corrupt actions.

[@RicanOnARant]

Thank you Feurat!! For your reporting. I mourn for your country’s loss and pain.

[@dunkelmonkey]

There is a lot to dislike about Robert Byrd, but he was right about the Iraq war

[@00Julian00]

Just like vietnam with agent orange. Horrible what happened in fallujah

[@peacetooneworld]

Bush is free now. Jesus will have a word with him when the time comes ! 😊

[@aghdasmortazavi7140]

It'll be too little, too late! Iraqi chilldren been in need n are in need, NOW!😢

[@marcorodrigues8303]

Free este Demônio 👿🤑 de inventa e acusa com Mentira 🤥#

[@Bilangumus]

He is free maybe, but Saddam Massacred 100 000 kurds with chemical weapons. So Kurdish people are happy with what US did to help.

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

​​@@Bilangumus Who trained, funded and supported Saddam to do countless atrocities and solidfy power? The US.

[@EmperorOfDrill]

​​@@Bilangumus Saddam hero.

[@roadtohope]

The gravity of some crimes is so huge it leaves one speechless 😢

[@chrismullin8304]

Some things never change.

[@akbarfarzin9857]

Even behind IRAN 🇮🇷and IRAQ 🇮🇶 WAR !America had hand !!!and supports IRAQ 🇮🇶!!!!!

[@Bilangumus]

Us supported Iraq against Iran until Iraq began bombing Kurds wih chemical weapons. This was genocide. 150 000 kurds died.

[@EmperorOfDrill]

​​@@Bilangumus TURKS RESPECT SADDAM.

[@senscommun1792]

Everything is said here. If only people could open their eyes and see the lies they are told.

[@echad6259]

Born without a skull...wtf His poem was beautiful? Wtf

[@richardmayger2716]

The USA will find out that war with Russia is not the same as attacking an Afghan wedding party

[@STORSNLIES4554]

I remember that day I was a teenager and remember it so clear I turn to my class mates I was like War Mongrel and they were like stop playing he said the all world is under attack then I said from him I was in fear as child of this war Mogrel and no one want it to listen to the truth then most to this day.

[@matthewbrophy6555]

That man tried to kill my daddy.

[@paddybrennan3644]

Why is he not in prison? No ambition but to make money!

[@ReturnOfTheJ.D.]

It was 20 years ago today The USA taught the world to play They've been going in and out of style But they're guaranteed to raise a smile So may I introduce to you The act you've known for all these years The United States Global Military

[@tmarinelic]

Unbelivable

[@thetruth8295]

I'm kurd from Syria and saycs piko after the fall of the Othman khilapha the English and French designed the border so the kurds divided between four countries Syria Iraq Iran turkey and now we are the doors of the west , the Palestinian are killed live before every one eyes but the kurds are killed in the shadows , it's because they want us abandon our religion and they succeeded partly, also there were no war between Sunna and Shi'a, and the ezidis and Christians were among us for more than 1400 years.

[@hughslevin7120]

Divide and rule was always the policy of the British. They did it all over the Empire. They caused suffering and slaughtered everywhere They are still causing war with the USA and their NATO allies

[@miked7011]

This video only will play with VPN on Germany.

[@PeacePeace-xw8wc]

No I don't agree with you. I live in Germany

[@empathicqubit]

It works for me without VPN too

[@miked7011]

What I'm saying is that it is blocked from viewing by every country I tried on my vpn but Germany.

[@empathicqubit]

@@miked7011 Maybe it's a problem with your VPN provider? Google might be detecting it. Comments I post over VPN seem to get buried also.

[@miked7011]

@@empathicqubitIt says restricted in my country without using vpn. I'm in Ohio, USA

[@anitahwells3171]

As a Native in the usa my relatives are still recovering and I am the first generation to not have interference from the government. A’ho

[@galanis38]

Tragic. And now let's see how this relates to US involvement in Ukraine...

[@sdsa007]

so sad

[@zainabkhazaal5280]

Excellent. But very painful

[@RajNUK]

It’s sad, whatever war or peace, kids can’t be made to suffer like this, they have no involvement 😢

[@jeffreyprentis]

It will only stop when the people picking up guns refuse not the so called leaders but the people who actually fight

[@ibrahimmagezi7872]

And unfortunately those same weapons kind of, UK is about to send in Ukraine .

[@jonathanbryant7166]

I just wish we could all live in peace , but we can’t violence is a part of us . We are all animals

[@sadeekbeen3055]

Not going to happen as long as we country’s like America, China and Russia.

[@terrylovesenegal]

What can we do to bring justice? Iraq and the world needs justice.

[@senscommun1792]

Thank you❤

[@luckyguy4272]

We live in a time were criminals like bush and tony Blair roam freely while julien assang is prisoned 😅

[@arontadesse3954]

😢😢

[@philsophkenny]

I remember it like i was yesterday, watching it on the t.v in Ireland. Not really beliving what i saw or the future that it would bring.

[@ericfartman1663]

Thank you Amy goodman your only one honest jernalist

[@weirdshibainu]

Never a fan of Bush or the invasion, but let's not forget that Hillary Clinton and John Kerry both voted for the use of force as did many other Democrats.

[@jaybo2286]

Yup most of the democrats still pushing the war today, but Bush, Chaney, bill, hilary, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden have all committed such atrocities as these since the 90's... they all need to be arrested and indicted just like trump. But theirs should be crimes against humanity, racketeering, overthrowing governments....America's hands are not clean as Joe Biden currently is claiming. He's been in congress for all of it!

[@flomuller3]

This special operation worked out great for the Empire. That's dEmOcRaCy! All hail USA USA USA!

[@BolasDaGrk]

Every time I see Bush Jr. I think of how proud Americans should be... We are the ones who found the missing link between human and primate... AND, we elected him president.

[@JoseSanchez-dk9tm]

Thanks for sharing

[@patriziacasagrande3833]

Strange convenience Dividing Special separate zones for cultural religious ideologies of Iraq . But for those types of divisions in Ukraine forced unity.

[@blackdiamond306]

Who told him to say that 🧐❓

[@user-yv2bt7gg3n]

We need to make sure history is taught in our classrooms civil civics understand what really happened those who were involved back then also today.. Emotional unnecessary war's put a stop to war's. Let president leadership work whatever issues between themselves.. Emotional heartfelt heartbreaking G

[@colinhutchinson1664]

My Brothers served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan,wars that only profited arms manufacturers and politicians.

[@akbarfarzin9857]

Terror Solaimani by trump!!!! Must international court do something about it we Need justice !!and we do justice Justice too !!!

[@KarasMP]

To justify helping countries by bombing them is quite the media effort. Tragic, sad for all humanity. Results of the help do not show anyone was helped except the removal of Sadam. The cost of that cannot be justified unless one profited from that suffering of others.

[@hughslevin7120]

You should not forget that Sadam was a friend of the west at the beginning They used him to do their dirty work in the War with Iran Then when they no longer needed him and ISRAEL wanted rid of him They were prepared to kill as many Iraqis as they wished