Downstream: We Are Getting Foreign Policy Very Wrong w/ Steve Coll

Downstream: We Are Getting Foreign Policy Very Wrong w/ Steve Coll

Author: Novara Media March 25, 2024 Duration: 1:05:48

With hindsight, the wars waged by the US and Britain in Afghanistan and Iraq look like terrible failures, both strategically and politically: the Taliban are back in power in Afghanistan, and living standards are worse in Iraq than they were before Saddam Hussein.

In his new book The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003, veteran American journalist Steve Coll looks at British and American foreign policy through the lens of one man: Saddam Hussein. He sat down with Aaron to explain why it’s a mistake to avoid talking to your enemies.

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