Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

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   E1. Iraq: For Every Insect There is an Insecticide

   Jun 26, 2024 · 57m

   Exploring the US's complicated relationship with Iraq, first supporting the country during the Iran-Iraq war but then turning against it after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.

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   E2. Bosnia: Our Soldiers Are Not Toy Soldiers

   Jul 3, 2024 · 57m

   As the Balkans deteriorate into a series of bloody wars, President Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright must decide whether to use force to save innocent civilians from genocide.

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   E3. Rwanda – That Was a Local Thing

   Jul 10, 2024 · 57m

   Why did the world stand by in 1994 as nearly one million people were murdered over one hundred days of terror in Rwanda? American diplomats describe events on the ground.

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   E4. Kosovo – In the Name of Our Future

   Jul 24, 2024 · 57m

   Muslim separatists in the Kosovo region rekindle old conflicts, leading Clinton’s White House to consider Serbian President Milošević’s regime a threat to their own civilians.

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   E5. Darfur – Carrots for a War Criminal

   Jul 31, 2024 · 57m

   In 2003, hundreds of thousands of Americans protested about ethnic cleansing in Sudan. Following Obama’s 2008 election success, could some of those people, now in office, make a difference?

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   E6. Libya – If You Break It You Own It

   Aug 7, 2024 · 57m

   When Gaddafi declared his intention to 'disinfect' Benghazi, Obama faced a dilemma, have previously told the younger Arab generation 'you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world.

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