Why the US Invaded Iraq (Documentary)

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Get Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realtimehistory Watch Mad Kings about Uday Hussein: https://nebula.tv/videos/madkings-uday-hussein?ref=realtimehistory The US invasion of Iraq was the culmination of several developments that started at the end of the Gulf War in 1991. In 2002, the Bush administration used the excuse of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) and claimed links between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to justify the invasion. » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS George Durrett, Luis Gonzalez, Mike Cumings, Jr., Charles Shananaquet II, Joel Sanchez, shane cawthon, Andrew Thomas Mooney, Chris Rohde, Bruce D, Jim Frame, Glenn Sugden, Lisa Anderson, George Haramundanis, G S, Kempf Mario, jhgBo8jigr hzufjkl, Gayle Elizabeth, Glenn G Webb, Stephen D Nugent PsyD, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Simen Røste, Amy Williams, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, Josh Bruder, Konstantin Bredyuk, Richard L Benkin, Matt, Rob Carle, Murray Godfrey, Jan, Gage Manthey, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Bruce G. Hearns, Stephanie Schindhelm, Paul Wilcox, Brad Durbin, Fogeltje, » SOURCES Binnendijk, Hans, Gompert, David C. and Bonny Lin, “Blinders, Blunders, and Wars: What America and China Can Learn”, Rand, 2014 Blix, Hans. “The Hans Blix Iraq War Diaries: 2000-2003”, Cambridge University Press, 2025 Bush, George W. “President Bush Delivers Graduation Speech at West Point”, The White House, George W. Bush Archive, 2002 (https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020601-3.html Coll, Steve. “The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq”, Penguin Group, 2025 DeFronzo, James, “The Iraq War: Origins and Consequences”, University of Connecticut, 2010 Doherty, Carroll and Jocelyn Kiley, “A Look Back at How Fear and False Beliefs Bolstered U.S. Public Support for War in Iraq”, Pew Research Center, 2023 Harvey. Frank P. “Explaining the Iraq War: Counterfactual Theory, Logic and Evidence”, Dalhousie University, 2011 Helfont, Samuel. “Iraq against the World: Saddam, America, and the Post-Cold War Order”, Oxford University Press, 2023 Kameel, Joshua, “The Iraq War: Bad Intelligence or Bad Policy”, American Intelligence Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2015 Record, Jeffrey. “Why the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq: making Strategy after 9/11”, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2008 »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton Director: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Mark Newton, Florian Wittig Fact checking: Florian Wittig Executive Producer: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images, picture alliance, and Reuters Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All photos and film in our documentaries are authentic historical footage. We do not use generative AI to create new assets. However, we may use AI tools to upscale or clean up certain assets without distorting or compromising the original image. All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2025