Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), anti-war veteran Matthew Hoh and Katie go over the recycled propaganda that was used to sell the Iraq War and is now being used to sell the Ukraine proxy war. For instance, you were a Saddamist if you opposed the Iraq invasion. Now you’re a Putinist if you oppose the proxy war in Ukraine. You know who Saddam Hussein was a lot like? Hitler! You know who Putin is a lot like? Hitler. Don’t fall for it.

Dennis Kucinich is an American politician and former U.S. Representative from. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2004 and 2008. He ran for governor of Ohio in the 2018 election. Follow him on Substack, where you can find his recent piece on The Iraq War 20 years later: https://substack.com/profile/2106461-…. You can also find him at Sheer post (https://scheerpost.com/2023/03/15/den….

In 2009, Matthew resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department over the American escalation of the war. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew took part in the American occupation of Iraq; first in 2004-5 in Salah ad Din Province with a State Department reconstruction and governance team and then in 2006-7 in Anbar Province as a Marine Corps company commander. When not deployed, Matthew worked on Afghanistan and Iraq war policy and operations issues at the Pentagon and State Department from 2002-8. Matthew has been a Senior Fellow with the Center for International Policy since 2010 and is Associate Director of the The Eisenhower Media Network, an organization of expert former military, intelligence, and civilian national security officials.

In 2010, Matthew was named the Ridenhour Prize Recipient for Truth Telling and, in 2021, he was awarded as a Defender of Liberty by the Committee for the Republic. Matthew is a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Public Accuracy, an Advisory Board Member for the Committee to Defend Julian Assange and Civil Liberties, Expose Facts, North Carolina Committee to Investigate Torture, The Resistance Center for Peace and Justice, Veterans For Peace, and World Beyond War, and he is an Associate Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He is a 100% disabled veteran and was certified by North Carolina as a Peer Support Specialist for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder. View Matt’s website at: https://matthewhoh.substack.com/