S1 Episode 9 - "How Do You Fuck That Up?"

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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The empire strikes back. As Iraq deteriorates into civil war, the Bush administration taps a new man to lead a new American strategy. Which means saying goodbye to an old friend. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Better late than never.
0:02.0	Good, you.
0:06.0	I'm here in my peace.
0:09.0	I don't want to know how to make things right.
0:14.0	You could do something, I guess.
0:22.0	You could die, you know.
0:31.0	Oh!
0:45.0	How do you fuck that up?
0:49.0	How do you fuck that up?
1:00.0	Speak about this love sign!
1:06.0	Speak about this love sign!
1:14.0	Welcome to Blowback. I'm Noah Colwyn.
1:16.0	I'm Brendan James.
1:18.0	Episode 9. How do you fuck that up?
1:20.0	So just to re-equain everybody with where we are in the timeline right now.
1:24.0	December 2005, elections just happened.
1:27.0	Iraq went to vote for a new parliament that would select the Prime Minister.
1:31.0	And the winner was, as was expected, was the large powerful Shia Block.
1:36.0	And Nuri Almaliki was the guy who became Iraq's Prime Minister.
1:41.0	Next, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Almaliki talks about security issues.
1:45.0	So the Bush administration wanted these elections to symbolize that the Iraqis were prepared to take control of security for themselves.
1:52.0	Of course, this wasn't the case at all.
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