Say peace loving after after the attack so its the iranians feel its the other way around but more importantly i think the iranians believe that the americans have made probably the biggest mistake. That theyve made among the many mistakes that theyve made over the past decade and that is that theyve turned the iraqi people against the United States theyve turned the iranian people against the United States and theyve united iran in iraq in a way which we havent seen before you know chris youre in iraq war veteran i mean talk about that because thats essentially whats happened and if you look at whats coming out of the pentagon and other places of power in washington d. C. What where does democracy actually stand now in iraq because it was invaded under the auspices to bring democracy to iraq now they have a parliament in the form of the Parliament Says thats time to go home but washington says on not so fast so what is the value of the democracy that was forced upon the iraqi people i
He is founder of American Veterans policy network and in iraq war veteran and in sydney we cross the alley risk he is a middle east expert as well as contributor with monitor all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate well let me go to you 1st here if you were to believe the media things are settling down a little bit after this tumultuous week involving the United States iran and the entire region and were going to talk a lot about iraq here where do things stand right now because if we look at it from tweets and what not you know a ran his decided to stand down how do you feel about that being interim go ahead. I think iran feels that trump stood down because when the iranians. Launch the missiles all of them passed through the the air defenses and hit their targets so they were both accurate and the americans were unable to intercept them. So that was a major success and i think that was a signal to washington that all the
Command its an incredibly significant act the United States has taken if the president has taken this without debate in Congress Without any Congressional Authority its probably an illegal act within the u. S. Within the u. S. Domestic context it is it is a very significant step so its something i think we all do need to think very seriously about whether or not the 2 countries want it is it is an interesting and important question i think of course nobody wants war nobody wants to see death and destruction but on the other hand i had been hearing recently from iranian from iranian colleagues that even though it would be extremely painful for you brought in they understood the depth of sacrifice that they would have to make in such a war if they were coming to think that there was no other way to deal with the United States the president had taken the United States out of the iran nuclear geo had really. All kind of negotiation with iran as any kind of normal country or any kind of cou
He was appointed to the head of the courts force. Tasked with dealing with irans. Interest and. In the middle east he was not only a man who wasnt very much revered within the general population but he was also known for his military skills he was believed to be extremely tactical his skills were also put to very good use in syria and iraq where he consulted both the assad regime as well as in the governments of the iraqi the various governments in iraq in the fight against eisel there are many iranians believe that this is a very serious escalation this is the United States telling iran that it has carried out an act of war theres a thank you study there of course well come back to you to check in on developments in iran as we continue to follow this story its just gone 6 g. M. T. Grant and here at aljazeera were bringing you rolling coverage of a major breaking news story lets bring you the latest as we understand it the south irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many has vowed rev
A warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me the carriage well 1st we start with the overnight breaking news from the middle east the United States has assassinated a top Iranian Revolutionary guard commander in a drone strike in iraq the arabian Supreme Leader is now warning of a harsh retaliation against the u. S. Because the insulin money let the revolutionary guards the leads could force them was killed in an operation directed by u. S. President donald trump well t. C. D. Our correspondent joins me in the studio now with more details now more on this strike is being seen as a potential turning point in u. S. Iranian relations can you talk as though one happened and how serious this could be its incredibly serious this is perhaps the most serious it is being between the United States and iran in recent decades that there are now all the obvious this is potentially you know a big war big conflict just just around the corner there seem. Mani was called the 2nd most power