1 00:00:19,186 --> 00:00:21,920 Coming home doesn't change much. 2 00:00:22,056 --> 00:00:25,457 I'm supposed to focus on the next problem, North Korea. 3 00:00:26,594 --> 00:00:28,060 But I'm still in Iraq. 4 00:00:34,035 --> 00:00:36,770 Saddam's death sentence didn't calm Iraq. 5 00:00:36,771 --> 00:00:38,404 It inflamed it. 6 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:40,439 Sunni militants blew up the al-Askari shrine, 7 00:00:40,574 --> 00:00:43,275 one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam. 8 00:00:43,411 --> 00:00:45,077 It tore the country apart. 9 00:00:47,748 --> 00:00:51,250 The so-called unity government is nothing more than a bad joke. 10 00:00:52,887 --> 00:00:54,386 The extremists are winning. 11 00:00:56,757 --> 00:01:00,626 Back home, 2,500 American soldiers are dead, 12 00:01:00,761 --> 00:01:03,128 and Bush is preparing to send more troops. 13 00:01:04,765 --> 00:01:07,966 Rumsfeld's exit strategy just shows we never had 14 00:01:08,102 --> 00:01:09,635 a long term plan in Iraq, 15 00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:11,770 and that we totally misunderstood Saddam 16 00:01:11,906 --> 00:01:14,139 and his role as an enemy of the radical elements 17 00:01:14,275 --> 00:01:16,275 of the Islamic world. 18 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:18,610 He was an enemy of our enemy. 19 00:01:18,746 --> 00:01:20,946 Keeping him alive might buy something 20 00:01:21,082 --> 00:01:25,185 Iraq and the U.S. both desperately need-- time. 21 00:01:25,186 --> 00:01:28,188 And maybe demonstrating the quality of mercy is something 22 00:01:28,189 --> 00:01:31,658 that the new Iraqi regime needs to show its people. 23 00:01:31,659 --> 00:01:33,493 I can't think of a more dramatic way 24 00:01:33,494 --> 00:01:35,327 to show a break with the past. 25 00:01:38,132 --> 00:01:40,132 Memorandum. Urgent. 26 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:43,002 Saddam Hussein is the first head of state 27 00:01:43,003 --> 00:01:45,504 since Slobodan Milosevic to stand trial. 28 00:01:45,639 --> 00:01:47,707 Amnesty International is already calling 29 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:52,212 the proceedings a show trial directed by American handlers. 30 00:01:52,213 --> 00:01:54,346 When the Israelis tried Adolf Eichmann, 31 00:01:54,482 --> 00:01:58,016 the trial lasted months and was televised for the world. 32 00:01:58,152 --> 00:02:01,020 Eichmann was even granted an appeal. 33 00:02:01,021 --> 00:02:05,691 The purpose was to re-establish justice and the rule of law. 34 00:02:06,694 --> 00:02:11,564 This week marks Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, 35 00:02:11,565 --> 00:02:15,568 honoring Abraham offering his son at God's command. 36 00:02:15,569 --> 00:02:18,371 Yet America now appears ready to deliver Saddam 37 00:02:18,372 --> 00:02:20,907 to a Shiite government for execution 38 00:02:20,908 --> 00:02:23,076 at precisely that moment. 39 00:02:23,077 --> 00:02:25,544 The symbolism is unavoidable. 40 00:02:25,679 --> 00:02:27,713 We risk turning him into a martyr 41 00:02:27,848 --> 00:02:31,551 and igniting sectarian violence for generations. 42 00:02:31,552 --> 00:02:34,686 I respectfully request an immediate audience. 43 00:02:34,822 --> 00:02:36,388 Time is of the essence. 44 00:02:56,944 --> 00:02:58,644 Every statement I make today 45 00:02:58,746 --> 00:03:00,913 is backed up by sources, solid sources. 46 00:03:01,048 --> 00:03:03,116 These are not assertions. 47 00:03:03,117 --> 00:03:04,951 What we're giving you are facts and conclusions 48 00:03:04,952 --> 00:03:07,085 based on solid intelligence. 49 00:04:29,036 --> 00:04:32,337 ♪ Sue... boy... Sue ♪ 50 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:34,973 ♪ Sue ♪ 51 00:04:35,109 --> 00:04:36,642 Cash. 52 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:39,678 ♪ A boy named Sue ♪ 53 00:04:39,813 --> 00:04:43,016 - What's that? - Johnny Cash, "A Boy Named Sue." 54 00:04:43,017 --> 00:04:45,685 - "A Boy Named Sue"? - Yeah. 55 00:04:45,686 --> 00:04:48,820 ♪ Life is rough, you got to be tough ♪ 56 00:04:48,956 --> 00:04:52,191 ♪ Or you're going to die in the... ♪ 57 00:04:52,192 --> 00:04:53,659 In the... - Blood. 58 00:04:53,794 --> 00:04:57,030 ♪ In the blood and the mud and the beer ♪ 59 00:04:57,031 --> 00:04:59,831 ♪ My name is Sue, how do you do? ♪ 60 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:02,035 That's a good one. 61 00:05:02,036 --> 00:05:03,569 Hey. - What? 62 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:05,571 You need to rest, all right? 63 00:05:05,572 --> 00:05:07,706 You shouldn't be-- 64 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:10,342 No, no, I-I-I think it's my time. 65 00:05:10,477 --> 00:05:13,379 And I need to talk to you. 66 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:14,880 You should know the truth. 67 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:19,385 Okay. 68 00:05:19,386 --> 00:05:21,054 Charlie was so handsome. 69 00:05:21,055 --> 00:05:22,555 He was the light of my life. 70 00:05:22,556 --> 00:05:28,594 I loved him so much. Ohh. 71 00:05:28,595 --> 00:05:30,562 I know, Dad. 72 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:34,966 But I failed him. 73 00:05:35,069 --> 00:05:38,604 I indulged him, I made him weak. 74 00:05:38,605 --> 00:05:40,372 And you, 75 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,541 you're a stubborn, defiant son of a bitch. 76 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:44,777 And I needed you to be that way. 77 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:46,946 To make you tougher than Charlie. 78 00:05:46,947 --> 00:05:48,448 I just... 79 00:05:48,449 --> 00:05:51,617 Dad, what are you talking about? 80 00:05:51,618 --> 00:05:53,285 Charlie died a hero. 81 00:05:54,788 --> 00:05:58,523 No, he didn't die a hero. 82 00:06:00,127 --> 00:06:01,727 He killed himself. 83 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:03,428 It was suicide. 84 00:06:05,299 --> 00:06:08,367 Charlie sacrificed himself to save his platoon. 85 00:06:09,737 --> 00:06:15,240 That's a lie that I told just to protect you and me. 86 00:06:15,376 --> 00:06:18,978 He-- He laid down his weapon, 87 00:06:18,979 --> 00:06:21,147 he got out of his hole, 88 00:06:21,148 --> 00:06:27,620 and he walked right into a hell fire. 89 00:06:27,621 --> 00:06:29,588 He-- He... 90 00:06:32,659 --> 00:06:35,093 Remember the night that you called 91 00:06:35,229 --> 00:06:37,663 when your friend Jerry died? 92 00:06:37,664 --> 00:06:40,465 - Yeah. You hung up on me. - Yes. 93 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:42,969 Because I panicked. 94 00:06:42,970 --> 00:06:44,804 I-I didn't want you to weaken. 95 00:06:44,805 --> 00:06:48,940 I wanted you to be tough so you wouldn't end up like Charlie. 96 00:06:49,076 --> 00:06:51,243 I just couldn't lose another son. 97 00:06:54,281 --> 00:06:58,817 Hey, Johnny, you're the pride of my life. 98 00:06:58,952 --> 00:07:01,787 I thought if I told you all that, it'd make you soft. 99 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:05,424 And I was wrong. 100 00:07:08,429 --> 00:07:10,863 I was very wrong. 101 00:07:10,864 --> 00:07:14,800 But, Rebecca, God bless her, she-- 102 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:17,869 she's the family that we needed. 103 00:07:19,306 --> 00:07:21,339 I was a terrible father. 104 00:07:21,475 --> 00:07:25,845 I just hope you have one kind memory of me. 105 00:07:25,846 --> 00:07:29,514 Dad. 106 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:33,819 Dad, hey. - What? 107 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:35,120 Listen. 108 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:38,223 I mean, I... 109 00:07:40,027 --> 00:07:44,830 Whatever good I have inside of me, 110 00:07:44,965 --> 00:07:46,832 I got from you. 111 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:51,036 Yeah? 112 00:07:53,073 --> 00:07:55,373 You should know you were a terrible roller skater. 113 00:07:55,509 --> 00:07:59,212 And I hated that song "Funkytown." It sucks. 114 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:04,250 It's a great song. 115 00:08:04,251 --> 00:08:05,751 - No. - It's a great song. 116 00:08:05,752 --> 00:08:09,020 No, no. It sucks. 117 00:08:19,366 --> 00:08:23,034 I'm thirsty. Can you... 118 00:08:23,170 --> 00:08:25,070 I gotta go downstairs. 119 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:26,238 Wait. 120 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:30,943 I'll never agree with you about Saddam, 121 00:08:30,944 --> 00:08:33,745 because that would make Charlie's life a waste. 122 00:08:33,746 --> 00:08:34,946 You understand? 123 00:08:36,049 --> 00:08:37,948 But you stick to your convictions. 124 00:08:40,587 --> 00:08:42,922 And I... 125 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:45,625 John, 126 00:08:45,626 --> 00:08:47,126 I love you. 127 00:08:52,733 --> 00:08:54,432 I love you. 128 00:09:11,685 --> 00:09:13,685 - Shit. - John. 129 00:09:13,787 --> 00:09:16,556 You stirred up a D.C. shitstorm. 130 00:09:16,557 --> 00:09:18,090 Am I in trouble? 131 00:09:18,091 --> 00:09:20,392 When are you not? Come with me. 132 00:09:20,527 --> 00:09:21,960 Going to the principal's office. 133 00:09:32,439 --> 00:09:34,740 Nixon, you live up to your reputation. 134 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:36,909 Well, I'm just doing my job. 135 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:38,743 Your job is North Korea. 136 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:40,413 Which I'm staying on top of. 137 00:09:40,414 --> 00:09:42,448 None of this has anything to do with that. 138 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:44,283 Your correspondence 139 00:09:44,284 --> 00:09:47,286 with every senior government official in Washington. 140 00:09:47,287 --> 00:09:49,288 That's what I do in my off time. 141 00:09:49,289 --> 00:09:50,923 It's more fun than bowling. 142 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:54,260 Want to be a wise ass or have a chance to get back in? 143 00:09:54,261 --> 00:09:56,095 Sorry for being so tardy. 144 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:58,263 You know our newest member of the National Security Council. 145 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:01,934 - John. - Winthrop. 146 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:03,602 These past two years have been increasingly chaotic 147 00:10:03,737 --> 00:10:05,403 and deadly in Iraq. 148 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:06,938 Nothing we do seems to be working. 149 00:10:07,074 --> 00:10:08,773 Well, you know what I think. 150 00:10:08,909 --> 00:10:11,242 All of D.C. Knows. 151 00:10:11,345 --> 00:10:12,744 Your assessments and conclusions 152 00:10:12,846 --> 00:10:14,245 are succinct and on point. 153 00:10:14,348 --> 00:10:17,116 I've read your report. All six. 154 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:19,485 And we are personally prepared to kick them up. 155 00:10:19,486 --> 00:10:21,453 - Up? - Up. 156 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:25,658 Finally. 157 00:10:25,659 --> 00:10:28,259 - If you redact them. - How? 158 00:10:28,362 --> 00:10:30,830 By removing all mention of saving Saddam. 159 00:10:30,831 --> 00:10:32,263 That's the point of the reports. 160 00:10:32,366 --> 00:10:34,133 After yesterday's Fallujah roadside massacre, 161 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:35,467 the president's got egg on his face. 162 00:10:35,602 --> 00:10:37,169 It's all just a shit sandwich. 163 00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:39,304 And every day we take another bite. 164 00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:41,306 The White House has expressed frustration 165 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:44,176 that they cannot communicate more directly with analysts. 166 00:10:44,177 --> 00:10:46,478 Okay. What do you expect from me? 167 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:51,017 John, your intel and intuition on al-Sadr is what they want. 168 00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:54,020 Saddam is not what they want. Is that clear enough? 169 00:10:54,021 --> 00:10:55,821 Saddam is our best chance to-- 170 00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:57,956 John, hear what we're saying. 171 00:10:58,058 --> 00:11:02,194 Personally, your idea of saving Saddam is not such a nutty idea. 172 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:03,995 If you find yourself in the White House 173 00:11:04,131 --> 00:11:07,166 and you bring up Saddam, that's on you. 174 00:11:07,167 --> 00:11:10,036 But the NSC will not submit a report coming from this desk 175 00:11:10,037 --> 00:11:11,870 suggesting that to this president. 176 00:11:14,675 --> 00:11:15,740 You gonna play ball? 177 00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:29,521 ♪ Are you a hero ♪ 178 00:11:30,757 --> 00:11:31,856 Oh, sh-- 179 00:11:31,992 --> 00:11:32,991 You scared me. 180 00:11:33,093 --> 00:11:35,026 Sorry. 181 00:11:53,113 --> 00:11:55,414 - Hey, babe. - John? 182 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:58,383 Come home now, John. It's your dad. 183 00:11:58,518 --> 00:11:59,752 What? 184 00:12:15,602 --> 00:12:18,104 I'm sorry. 185 00:12:32,385 --> 00:12:35,053 You fought in three wars. 186 00:12:35,155 --> 00:12:39,224 You don't retire a full bird colonel without the story. 187 00:12:39,326 --> 00:12:40,792 Talk. 188 00:12:41,228 --> 00:12:44,930 Well, it was kind of a funny story. 189 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:46,799 We were into 'Nam. 190 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,802 Um, we were buggered with sleep deprivation. 191 00:12:49,803 --> 00:12:51,936 All of a sudden, all hell breaks out. 192 00:12:54,074 --> 00:12:57,810 It's the gooks with mountain artillery. 193 00:12:57,811 --> 00:12:58,843 Everything. 194 00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:04,582 And I'm just laying there sawing Z's. 195 00:13:05,819 --> 00:13:08,920 This Marine and a corpsman, they see me, 196 00:13:09,022 --> 00:13:11,956 they run out, they pick me up, they come running back, 197 00:13:12,092 --> 00:13:18,129 throw me in a ditch, and hop into their bunker and... 198 00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:20,299 I wake up for a second, 199 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:24,602 I look around, and I just fall right back to sleep. 200 00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:31,177 I was just so tired. 201 00:13:31,178 --> 00:13:34,479 So tired I didn't care if I died. 202 00:13:38,285 --> 00:13:41,619 Well, the memories of it refuse to fade. 203 00:13:44,524 --> 00:13:47,193 They call it PTSD today. 204 00:13:47,194 --> 00:13:50,528 We called it shell shock. Battle fatigue. 205 00:13:52,465 --> 00:13:56,167 You know, I fought in three wars with the hope 206 00:13:56,303 --> 00:13:59,337 that my sons would never have to go to war. 207 00:14:00,974 --> 00:14:03,341 But I was wrong. 208 00:15:27,527 --> 00:15:30,329 You gonna be sitting or standing? 209 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:34,667 - What? - With the president. 210 00:15:34,668 --> 00:15:35,800 Oh. 211 00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:43,174 S-Sitting. - Well, then, sit. 212 00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:57,856 Uh, um... 213 00:15:57,857 --> 00:16:01,025 Mr. President, as you know... 214 00:16:02,829 --> 00:16:07,166 ...the fabric of Iraq is built around religious groups and-- 215 00:16:07,167 --> 00:16:09,335 If he knows that already, 216 00:16:09,336 --> 00:16:11,135 you don't have to tell it to him. 217 00:16:11,237 --> 00:16:12,337 No, no. 218 00:16:13,974 --> 00:16:18,043 Which of them is the good guys and which are the bad guys? 219 00:16:18,044 --> 00:16:19,845 What kind of question is that? 220 00:16:19,846 --> 00:16:21,714 He knows that they're religious beliefs, 221 00:16:21,715 --> 00:16:23,815 not Darth Vader and Han Solo. 222 00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:28,520 Baby, what's your goal here? 223 00:16:28,521 --> 00:16:31,656 I want this shit to end. 224 00:16:31,758 --> 00:16:33,858 You know, killing al-Sadr is not an option. 225 00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:35,227 It's just going to make things worse. 226 00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:38,529 And they shouldn't kill Saddam. 227 00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:43,068 What do you mean? 228 00:16:43,069 --> 00:16:44,702 He'll just become a martyr. 229 00:16:44,838 --> 00:16:46,572 You know, people are already saying 230 00:16:46,573 --> 00:16:48,072 that it was better under his rule. 231 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:53,044 So what is it you want now? 232 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:02,887 I want the killing to end. Ours and theirs. 233 00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:06,858 I want the president to stop it. 234 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,597 So that's what you need to tell them. 235 00:17:50,937 --> 00:17:53,638 You buy a new suit for this? 236 00:17:53,773 --> 00:17:55,139 I got it for my dad's funeral. 237 00:17:57,010 --> 00:17:58,777 Three things to remember. 238 00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:00,979 The president likes clear opinions. 239 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:03,081 Doesn't appreciate shades of gray. 240 00:18:03,183 --> 00:18:05,149 Two, he's aware of his place in history. 241 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:07,286 Now he's thinking about legacy. 242 00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:11,323 Three, don't forget we're a service. 243 00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:14,025 We're here to give him what he needs... 244 00:18:15,328 --> 00:18:16,627 ...not tell him what to think. 245 00:18:51,731 --> 00:18:53,831 Gentlemen. 246 00:18:53,967 --> 00:18:57,002 Mr. President, this is John Nixon. 247 00:18:57,003 --> 00:19:00,004 John is here to update us on Saddam Hussein's WMDs. 248 00:19:00,140 --> 00:19:02,807 Shoot. Give me what you got. 249 00:19:02,909 --> 00:19:04,375 Uh... 250 00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:11,048 Sir, not so much an update, but, uh, more, uh, confirmation. 251 00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:16,921 We're not going to find any weapons, Mr. President. 252 00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:22,827 Well, if that's all you have to say, 253 00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:25,029 this is going to be the shortest meeting of my presidency. 254 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:28,066 Well said, Mr. President. 255 00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:29,400 Say, John, why don't you, uh-- 256 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:32,204 why don't you sit where I can see you? 257 00:19:32,205 --> 00:19:33,538 All right. 258 00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:42,047 Sir, it's now the agency's analysis 259 00:19:42,048 --> 00:19:44,749 that in the years leading up to the war, 260 00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:48,587 Saddam had two competing objectives-- 261 00:19:48,588 --> 00:19:52,190 to convince the UN inspectors he had no such weapons, 262 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:57,429 while persuading his enemies that he did. 263 00:19:57,430 --> 00:20:00,932 And this subterfuge was so effective, 264 00:20:01,067 --> 00:20:03,034 it appears to have convinced elements 265 00:20:03,136 --> 00:20:05,703 of the U.S. intelligence community, as well. 266 00:20:05,805 --> 00:20:07,572 Is that right? 267 00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:09,106 Yes, sir. 268 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:12,310 I like this guy. 269 00:20:14,414 --> 00:20:16,248 Why would Saddam want anyone to think 270 00:20:16,249 --> 00:20:17,915 he was flouting international law? 271 00:20:18,051 --> 00:20:22,119 Deterrence, sir. Specifically against Iran. 272 00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:36,601 This is General Major Qasem Soleimani. 273 00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:42,740 Commander of Iran's Quds Force. 274 00:20:43,676 --> 00:20:45,811 For a while now, he's been trying to turn Iraq 275 00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:47,111 into a client state of Iran. 276 00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:48,947 Like they're doing in Lebanon. 277 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:50,581 And Bahrain and Syria. 278 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:53,151 Saddam has been pushing back against Soleimani for years, 279 00:20:53,152 --> 00:20:55,320 but now it appears he's got a foothold. 280 00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:57,955 So would you say Iran is the reason 281 00:20:58,091 --> 00:21:00,591 security is such a challenge in Iraq? 282 00:21:00,693 --> 00:21:02,794 Madam Secretary, with all due respect, 283 00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:04,295 that is not the scope of this briefing. 284 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:08,099 But it's true they have funded al-Sadr's Mahdi Army 285 00:21:08,201 --> 00:21:10,836 and instigated opportunities for him to recruit, 286 00:21:10,837 --> 00:21:12,504 train, and carry out attacks. 287 00:21:12,505 --> 00:21:14,939 How in the hell did that happen, huh? 288 00:21:15,041 --> 00:21:17,008 With all the resources we give you? 289 00:21:18,111 --> 00:21:19,143 John? 290 00:21:30,857 --> 00:21:33,325 We're here to give him what he needs, 291 00:21:33,326 --> 00:21:34,860 not tell him what to think. 292 00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:40,999 Well, sir, 293 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,235 that is the $64,000 question, isn't it? 294 00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:50,341 Well, how about we make it the $75,000 question 295 00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:54,546 or whatever the hell it is we pay you and answer it? 296 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:10,562 Well, sir, 297 00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:13,531 the only reason Iran has such influence today is 298 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:16,067 because we removed Saddam Hussein from power. 299 00:22:18,004 --> 00:22:20,906 Which was exactly what had to be done, Mr. President. 300 00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:23,575 Saddam was a destabilizing element in the region. 301 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,876 No one of rank in intelligence 302 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:28,412 believes the invasion was a mistake. 303 00:22:29,882 --> 00:22:31,549 Saddam Hussein was a tyrant. 304 00:22:31,651 --> 00:22:35,052 - Yes, sir. - Mm-hmm. And a sadist. 305 00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:36,787 Certainly my impression, sir. 306 00:22:36,889 --> 00:22:38,423 And I defeated him. 307 00:22:38,424 --> 00:22:40,424 Yes, sir, you did, but... 308 00:22:43,262 --> 00:22:45,329 ...Iran might have just won the war. 309 00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:52,403 After 9/11, we should have engaged with Saddam, 310 00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:55,440 just like he proposed, 311 00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:58,576 and not disemboweled Iraq. 312 00:22:58,678 --> 00:23:01,613 We shouldn't have dismantled the army, 313 00:23:01,614 --> 00:23:03,914 and we shouldn't have dismantled the state. 314 00:23:04,016 --> 00:23:06,118 We should have learned from history 315 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,286 like the Allies did in Germany after World War II. 316 00:23:08,287 --> 00:23:11,622 But instead, we opened the door for Iran. 317 00:23:13,426 --> 00:23:15,326 We invaded Iraq because we were afraid 318 00:23:15,428 --> 00:23:17,462 that it was a breeding ground for Islamic terrorism. 319 00:23:17,463 --> 00:23:20,097 But it wasn't. 320 00:23:20,233 --> 00:23:23,635 But by removing Saddam without a plan for what comes next, 321 00:23:23,636 --> 00:23:25,302 we've turned it into one. 322 00:23:32,078 --> 00:23:37,482 So, what, you think we should take out this al-Sadr guy? 323 00:23:37,483 --> 00:23:41,285 Sir, I can't advise you to break international law. 324 00:23:41,387 --> 00:23:43,421 Consider it a hypothetical question. 325 00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:48,125 Well, then, no, sir. 326 00:23:48,261 --> 00:23:49,794 That's how Saddam handled the father 327 00:23:49,896 --> 00:23:52,062 and united Shia against him. 328 00:23:52,165 --> 00:23:54,332 So if we kill the son, 329 00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:57,168 then it'll prove that the U.S. is no different. 330 00:23:59,338 --> 00:24:00,905 Saddam killed his father, huh? 331 00:24:02,508 --> 00:24:04,975 He tried to do the same to mine. 332 00:24:05,077 --> 00:24:06,811 No, s-sir. 333 00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:11,649 The agency has found no proof Saddam tried to kill Bush 41. 334 00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:16,086 But it's certainly true to say that both of you 335 00:24:16,189 --> 00:24:21,492 share the burden of having famous fathers. 336 00:24:21,594 --> 00:24:23,195 So that's... 337 00:24:23,196 --> 00:24:26,531 Do you think Sadr could ever be a constructive player 338 00:24:26,532 --> 00:24:29,934 in Iraq, huh, or will he always oppose us? 339 00:24:30,036 --> 00:24:33,137 Well, both. I think, um... 340 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:38,710 In the short term, Sadr will continue 341 00:24:38,711 --> 00:24:40,845 to hold anti-U.S. views, 342 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:43,381 but as Iran continues to try to control him, 343 00:24:43,382 --> 00:24:45,383 he could develop anti-- 344 00:24:45,384 --> 00:24:48,887 Cut the crap, son. Now, which is it, huh? 345 00:24:48,888 --> 00:24:50,287 Friend or foe? 346 00:24:50,389 --> 00:24:52,022 Sir, my experience in the Middle East 347 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:55,125 is that relationships are often contradictory. 348 00:24:55,228 --> 00:24:57,027 They don't fit into simple categories 349 00:24:57,163 --> 00:24:59,196 like friend and foe, ally, enemy. 350 00:24:59,298 --> 00:25:01,198 They can be everything at once. 351 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:05,636 I suggest we adjourn the meeting. 352 00:25:05,738 --> 00:25:08,240 - Agreed. - Sir. 353 00:25:08,241 --> 00:25:11,642 If you want to improve the situation in Iraq, 354 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:12,911 there is one thing you should do. 355 00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:15,212 - Should? - Just... 356 00:25:18,651 --> 00:25:22,620 Sir, you could rescind the order to execute Saddam. 357 00:25:31,163 --> 00:25:32,963 You don't think Saddam deserves to die? 358 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:39,436 I don't think that's the point. 359 00:25:41,841 --> 00:25:44,708 We made Saddam Hussein what he is today. 360 00:25:46,445 --> 00:25:49,281 When your father was head of the CIA, sir, 361 00:25:49,282 --> 00:25:51,248 Saddam was our ally. 362 00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:56,687 In the '80s, Reagan funded and supported Iraq. 363 00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:59,590 After 9/11, Saddam thought that we would be standing 364 00:25:59,692 --> 00:26:02,259 shoulder to shoulder against men like Muqtada al-Sadr, 365 00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:04,595 who was cheering when the Twin Towers fell. 366 00:26:04,697 --> 00:26:07,264 Sir, I'm not trying to defend him, but-- 367 00:26:07,366 --> 00:26:09,099 So what the hell are you doing? 368 00:26:12,638 --> 00:26:16,308 Saddam once told me this story about Saladin 369 00:26:16,309 --> 00:26:19,610 during the Third Crusade, 370 00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:24,715 and how Saladin snuck in to King Richard's tent at night 371 00:26:24,817 --> 00:26:26,951 and saved his life. 372 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,987 I never heard that. 373 00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:31,021 That's because it never happened. 374 00:26:31,123 --> 00:26:32,957 It's not true. 375 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:35,626 It came from a movie. 376 00:26:35,728 --> 00:26:40,130 Saddam Hussein grew up loving Hollywood, loving America 377 00:26:40,232 --> 00:26:43,467 because of the stories we told. 378 00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:45,970 So why is he telling this one? 379 00:26:46,072 --> 00:26:47,505 Well, he knows he's a beaten man, 380 00:26:47,506 --> 00:26:50,441 and he's accepted his death. 381 00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:56,814 He knows that sometimes adversaries can help each other 382 00:26:56,916 --> 00:26:59,817 if they have-- have a common goal, 383 00:26:59,919 --> 00:27:03,821 and that the right man making the right decision 384 00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:08,192 can really make a difference even now, sir. 385 00:27:11,097 --> 00:27:12,864 You're not the first, you know. 386 00:27:12,865 --> 00:27:16,000 Colin, others, 387 00:27:16,102 --> 00:27:18,502 they all said the same thing before the war. 388 00:27:18,604 --> 00:27:20,671 Right in this room. 389 00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:22,673 Leave Saddam alone. 390 00:27:22,775 --> 00:27:24,008 Let him be." 391 00:27:26,846 --> 00:27:28,178 But I proved them wrong. 392 00:27:33,653 --> 00:27:35,019 We're done here, guys. 393 00:27:39,558 --> 00:27:40,791 Yeah. 394 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:45,095 - Say, John. - Yes, sir. 395 00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:48,233 In all those conversations you had with Saddam, 396 00:27:48,234 --> 00:27:51,368 you sure he didn't mention just one little vial of anthrax? 397 00:27:56,142 --> 00:27:58,208 Unfortunately for the thousands of men and women 398 00:27:58,344 --> 00:28:00,544 who died in this war, 399 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,012 he didn't. 400 00:28:05,985 --> 00:28:09,186 - Mr. President. - Mr. President. 401 00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:22,232 Christ, what a fricking disaster. 402 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,635 You were supposed to read the room. 403 00:28:24,737 --> 00:28:26,003 Give them what they want. 404 00:28:26,672 --> 00:28:29,373 Yeah. I couldn't. 405 00:28:31,944 --> 00:28:33,377 That's the job, John. 406 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:11,915 This is what he did. 407 00:29:15,588 --> 00:29:18,856 Paint over everything with his ego 408 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:22,926 until you couldn't look anywhere without seeing his face. 409 00:29:25,698 --> 00:29:27,297 Why are you here? 410 00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:27,044 Why are you here, Samir? 411 00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:29,379 I just needed to see him 412 00:32:29,481 --> 00:32:31,381 as a man who's gonna hang, 413 00:32:31,483 --> 00:32:33,383 not the stuff of my nightmares. 414 00:32:37,089 --> 00:32:40,757 But I would say that there were serious failures 415 00:32:40,893 --> 00:32:45,263 on the part of the Iraqi high tribunal to afford to 416 00:32:45,264 --> 00:32:46,965 Saddam and the others... 417 00:33:01,447 --> 00:33:04,247 ...from setting up extraordinary courts, 418 00:33:04,350 --> 00:33:06,617 and this is exactly what the Americans have done. 419 00:33:06,618 --> 00:33:09,654 Saddam Hussein was put on trial without him 420 00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:12,991 or his lawyers having even the indictment sheet 421 00:33:12,992 --> 00:33:14,925 which sets out the charges, 422 00:33:15,027 --> 00:33:16,995 the evidence, the documents and what have you 423 00:33:16,996 --> 00:33:18,997 before the trial started. 424 00:33:18,998 --> 00:33:22,099 Saddam's trial, he-- he was denied access, 425 00:33:22,201 --> 00:33:24,335 proper access to lawyers. 426 00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:26,971 Three of his defense team were murdered. 427 00:33:26,972 --> 00:33:29,272 Five others outside the team who were advisers 428 00:33:29,375 --> 00:33:30,641 have also been murdered. 429 00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:32,476 Judges have been interfered with 430 00:33:32,611 --> 00:33:35,445 with their affairs to the extent that even the judge... 431 00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:15,512 Imagine the lives that would have been spared 432 00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:17,715 had he remained a poet. 433 00:35:31,163 --> 00:35:33,630 It's sordid. I think the word for this is "sordid". 434 00:35:33,732 --> 00:35:36,067 The fact that as we speak, video... 435 00:35:36,068 --> 00:35:38,069 - Last day, Mr. Nixon? - Yeah. 436 00:35:38,070 --> 00:35:39,703 So, what's next? 437 00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:41,405 ...indicates that his death has been used... 438 00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:42,873 I have to figure that out. 439 00:35:45,711 --> 00:35:47,544 Hey, it's Daddy. 440 00:35:51,150 --> 00:35:53,283 Hey. 441 00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:55,886 How you doing? Hey. 442 00:35:55,988 --> 00:35:57,654 Hey. 443 00:35:58,991 --> 00:36:00,390 - Ready? - Yeah. 444 00:36:00,526 --> 00:36:02,058 Come on, Zoe. Zoe, come here. 445 00:36:02,194 --> 00:36:04,794 Come on. Thank you. 446 00:36:04,897 --> 00:36:06,229 Thanks. 447 00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:11,635 Thanks. 448 00:36:25,117 --> 00:36:27,952 Let's get out of here. 449 00:36:27,953 --> 00:36:30,587 Saddam's removal created a power vacuum 450 00:36:30,722 --> 00:36:32,255 that turned religious differences in Iraq 451 00:36:32,391 --> 00:36:34,591 into a sectarian bloodbath. 452 00:36:34,726 --> 00:36:37,027 And his execution just made everything worse. 453 00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:44,768 In some streets, it was celebration. 454 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:47,871 Iraqis shouting out decades of unspoken rage. 455 00:36:57,649 --> 00:36:59,282 In others, his coffin was carried 456 00:36:59,418 --> 00:37:01,518 through Baghdad in anger. 457 00:37:01,620 --> 00:37:04,955 Saddam's grave became a pilgrimage for old loyalists 458 00:37:05,090 --> 00:37:07,357 standing guard, with a new generation, 459 00:37:07,459 --> 00:37:10,293 rewriting him as a martyr, not the tyrant, 460 00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:14,631 but a relic of what they believed was a more stable time. 461 00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:16,700 Then came the elections. 462 00:37:16,802 --> 00:37:19,503 Nouri al-Maliki promising unity and strength, 463 00:37:19,504 --> 00:37:22,173 reconciliation and force. 464 00:37:22,174 --> 00:37:24,441 But Iraq is already broken. 465 00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:29,513 George W. Bush announces a surge. 466 00:37:29,514 --> 00:37:33,450 More troops, more time, more delusion. 467 00:37:36,455 --> 00:37:39,357 We kill Abu Musab al Zarqawi. 468 00:37:39,358 --> 00:37:40,724 Victory on paper. 469 00:37:40,826 --> 00:37:42,492 Everyone feels great the next day. 470 00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:44,494 High fives all around. 471 00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:47,731 And then reality sets in. 472 00:37:47,833 --> 00:37:52,002 What happens? Muqtada al-Sadr comes out stronger. 473 00:37:52,137 --> 00:37:53,470 Chaos continues. 474 00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:57,507 The rest of our troops in Iraq 475 00:37:57,609 --> 00:37:59,743 will come home by the end of the year. 476 00:37:59,845 --> 00:38:03,580 In 2011, Barack Obama signs off on withdrawal. 477 00:38:03,682 --> 00:38:06,816 A broken Iraq is handed back to its people. 478 00:38:10,322 --> 00:38:14,357 Then in 2014, with Sunni support, 479 00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:18,495 ISIS sweeps through northern Iraq and declares a caliphate. 480 00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:24,200 Questions don't go away. 481 00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:28,938 What if we hadn't invaded Iraq? What if we hadn't killed Saddam? 482 00:38:29,041 --> 00:38:32,375 See, nobody ever asks what comes after Caesar. 483 00:38:32,511 --> 00:38:35,079 And Americans, we see the world through our own lens. 484 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,881 Our values, our history. 485 00:38:38,016 --> 00:38:41,885 But that lens is barely 200 years old. 486 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:44,088 Once you become the policeman of one conflict, 487 00:38:44,089 --> 00:38:47,223 you inherit them all. 488 00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:50,060 History is supposed to teach us. 489 00:38:50,162 --> 00:38:52,629 But if we ignore it, then in 10, 20, 490 00:38:52,731 --> 00:38:56,600 or 30 years from now, another war is coming. 491 00:38:56,601 --> 00:39:00,236 Only this time, the weapons are faster, deadlier, 492 00:39:00,372 --> 00:39:02,273 and more final.