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Biden Resumes America’s Forever War in Iraq
Season 1, Ep. 54
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In the wake of recent US/UK led bombings of Iraq and Syria, Tom McTague and Helen Thompson ask why America continues to embroil itself in the Iraq quagmire, and whether further escalation lies on the horizon...
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