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After studying Saddam Hussein for five years in his role as a senior leadership analyst with the CIA, John Nixon was the agent chosen to interrogate the dictator after his capture by American troops in 2003.
In 2016, he published his book, Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein, and now speaks with an unrivalled perspective on the CIA’s intelligence on Iraq and U.S. policy in the Middle East.
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[@alikhan1752]

Just when I had started liking Bush for his comments on Trump administration, I am reminded How much worse Bush was compared to Trump right now.

[@sbkarmen]

Yes exactly the Bush’s perverted the Republican Party snd made a joke out of it.... Trump is the greatest. No major wars, great economy and jobs!

[@dj9001]

Bush killed a million of your fellow muslims, and you like him for his words? You are really dumb.

[@marspalk7611]

People like you are dumb to begin with.

[@secretaryofstate1]

Trump was a great president, there’s just a lot of propaganda against him. Have you heard bush’s latest comments about Iraq and Ukraine ?

[@mrenovatio3739]

17:30 ... Starts here...

[@rikwithsilentp]

It wasn't a mistake when the US invaded Iraq. It was deliberate and without remorse.

[@maskman7203]

USA absoulotly the evil in this world.

[@user-ly2iq2ty5f]

Exactly.

[@malikamalik5703]

How many sick coughing ppl in there? Wtf

[@tracythejazzlifer4529]

Them people got COVID-19 . Lol 😂

[@84Terminator]

Iraq after Saddam is 10X worse !

[@lennybaumgartner5954]

Audience coughing is pissing me off

[@manamenoja2721]

Iraq before Saddam and after Saddam is totally different

[@puneetsonpal5340]

I think you mean before

[@manamenoja2721]

puneet sonpal edited Thanks for clarification

[@alandeacon1988]

What an accomplished story teller!

[@haiderabdallah7414]

One thing I found in his book that didnt make since is the part about Suddam involvement in Sadar assassination in the late nineties, he said suddam said he has nothing to do with it bur shortly after he saulid Saddam gave details about his intelligence men did the assassination. Wish he clear that part.

[@adelyaseen7677]

I gree with Mr.Nixon but till he tells untrue story about Uday and Qusay and Qusay son Mustafa the 14 years old kid. Three of them fought till the Marines bombed the house to the ground

[@sami2382]

it's so weird to hear him saying something like that! Everyone knows they fought to the very end!

[@tonima4784]

He still doesn't want to tell the whole truth.

[@jaywolfdesigns]

horrible camera work but great interview

[@norikkrikorian3366]

With all due respect to Mr. Nixon, reading books about a specific country, especially a country like Iraq, does not make a political analyst about this country. You must live daily life with them, their customs, clans, sects, vocabulary and many details.,,,That is why they fall into a miscalculation

[@eggymayo3271]

He said that in his book to be fair

[@norikkrikorian3366]

@@eggymayo3271 Thank you for your answer and clarification, with appreciation.

[@mattreeves1222]

Also he prefaced his conversation by saying there was so much about Iraq and Saddam that was clouded in myth.

[@khalid6722]

RIP

[@alireyath]

The Iraqi guy should have asked why Saddam arrested his father and his brothers?!

[@giovannicano2889]

That guy was probably lying

[@alireyath]

Giovanni Cano a lot of ppl claimed they were arrested by the police before 2003 and got compensation for being arrested for “political reasons” which is not true. However many of them were either thieves or have civic crimes. And in general anywhere in this world if someone carries a gun against the police or the government what would be the outcome?

[@giovannicano2889]

@@alireyath look I know everything about Saddam Hussein and the Baathist

[@tomcats125]

So many sickness wtf . I think corona started form here

[@AshrafIssaTravels]

One thing I want to comment on is what he said at the end about Saddams Sons plays PS. No one sits playing TV games in the middle of the war with foriegn military looking to kill you. Saddams Sons and the grand son which was a teen ager fought like Lions against the amount of pussies that were firing misiles and bombs at the house. 3 Vs hundreds. Thats not what they show us in their movies hehehehe. Also their cousin is the one who sniched on them it wasnt a sheik of anything.

[@sami2382]

exactly! I was surprised with his narrative about Saddam's sons! it was all over the news that they fought Americans till they got killed!

[@dripstar6183]

I left a comment on the main comments thread, I stated that there were discrepancies in this particular part, what he said is based on a testimony of a U.S soldier based on what someone else told him based on what someone else told them etc... but the question is, how do they know? That’s one thing.. 2- the guy who walked up to the U.S checkpoint (which was actually across the road lol) he wasn’t a distant relative, he was a distant friend, he used to get Uday into some parties in Mosul whenever he used to go there! A couple of Saddam’s lawyers said this and their statements corroborated (Khalil el Delaimi and Suleiman el Juboori!)... 3- he did not walk up to the 4th infantry division, he walked up to the 101st airborne division. So my point is, seems like he’s selling a book, but I watched his interview on Arabic TV actually (Al-Araby channel) which was extended into more than 5 parts I think, and it seemed like he was extremely touched by Saddam’s story and he felt like he had to send a message to the world about the details and I think parting with Saddam was very emotional for John, and expose some of the lies that we were constantly bombarded with on the MSM.. Sorry for the long response but been listening to hours of interviews and reading books etc on this issue, another guy to follow is Stephen Pelletiere (ex CIA Analyst and Professor at the University of Bonaventure in NY) amazing work!

[@ms55761]

hey i missed my meetings and was jus hooked to this video, i kw i can watch it later, but as i started i din want to stop....such a gr8 country america, champions of human rights and justice, fairplay and all that, should stop venturing to east and middle east, people in the east and middle east are 5000 yrs of civilization and may not want to change to american ways of life or idea of america. Do not invade Easten side or middle eastern side..its very tricky and risky......you live with your narrative lett hem live with theirs....bushes and blairs shd be tried as war criminals....peace.

[@Louey_]

KZbin you couldn't have been more wrong with a suggestion

[@secretaryofstate1]

This guy is very objective , it’s sad that he lacked objectivity on trump… his criticisms on trump were purely hypothetical and not based on what trump had actually done or not done

[@micheal6803]

It was saddam who held iraq together

[@climatescientist]

john your comment about trump is wrong.

[@SuperBromberg]

the dude's got more of a CIA than a historian background - you can tell that by his habit of drinking water direct out of bottle rather than pouring it into the glass

[@dripstar6183]

Great interview, however, there are some discrepancies in what he said... like it seems to be mainly things he said in the book, because I watched most interviews with him and they just sound like marketing for his book... I especially loved the part about the Iran-Contra!! because that’s factual information that the U.S always dodges! Also the truth about Halabja... but it just goes to show that he hasn’t done his research prior to interviewing him.. if he only found out about the Iran U.S relations in 86 and the fact that the main culprit in Halabja was Iran and that it was a battle (not ordered by Saddam) He also told the story of Udai and Qusai’s death (around the 57:40 marker) he said that they stayed with this distant relative... loool he was NOT a relative at all... he was a self proclaimed sheikh in his tribe that Uday showered with money when he used to go to Mosul, as the guy used to arrange parties and girls and alcohol etc... so that’s how they became very close, I actually spoke to some of Saddam’s lawyers and they verified the story, but they confirmed that he was not a distant relative!!! P.S- @58:24 the sheikh walked up to the 101st airborne not the 4th infantry!

[@agentminecraft9986]

What’s your background? You seem very interesting. Im an Egyptian living in America, and the whole story of Saddam and Iraq is filled with lies. What’s your take?

[@mkadi70]

Question: Does the US administration really want to understand the Islamic world??????

[@marspalk7611]

No islamic world need to under stand it self first stop sending terror around the world.

[@samirifai7140]

No they don't, it's written in the Quran...they won't understand us , nor will they ever accept us until we follow what they follow...and that we shall never do.