The Road to Iraq: George Bush's Unstoppable War (Ep 6)
5/20/20261 hr
Was Iraq WMD one of history’s biggest intelligence failures? Why couldn’t Saddam Hussein prove he has destroyed his weapons of mass destruction? And what is the legacy of the Iraq War in the Middle East?
Listen as David and Gordon conclude their investigation into Iraq WMD and analyse what has been learnt from the decision to go to war with Iraq.
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First 90 secondsDavid McCloskey· Host0:00
[upbeat music] For exclusive interviews, bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to series, first look at live show tickets, a weekly newsletter, and discounted books, join the Declassified Club at therestisclassified.com. [upbeat music] Inspectors are on the ground hunting for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction using tip-offs from MI6 and CIA, but will they find anything to support the drive for war? Well, welcome to The Rest is Classified. I'm David McCloskey.
Gordon Corera· Host0:40
And I'm Gordon Corera.
David McCloskey· Host0:41
This is the final episode of this six-part series where we are going to find the WMD.
Gordon Corera· Host0:48
Yeah.
David McCloskey· Host0:48
The WMD have just sort of befuddled commentators, intelligence analysts, politicians for a generation. We are going to reveal all at the end of this episode. Importantly, you have to stay for the entire episode. We're not gonna- [laughs] We're not, we're not gonna tell you right now, but we're going to get there.
Gordon Corera· Host1:07
But yes, we've got to the, to nearly the end of this story. Uh, we've been looking at how the UK and US have built its case of WMD as the justification for war using some, it's fair to say, dodgy, if that's not too British a term, uh, intelligence, like Curveball. But the question is: Will the international inspectors be able to uncover the truth?
David McCloskey· Host1:29
I had