How to Sell a War to the American People

The Secret Memo that Tells the TRUE Story of the Iraq War

Watch Episode 1 of Eyes Only here: https://youtu.be/8AHOgvsno5Q

This is the second episode of the Eyes Only series - where we use leaked and declassified documents to understand what’s really happening behind the scenes. Answering questions like: How do politicians wield their influence? What can documents teach us about their decisions and motivations? And what do the powerful say to each other when they think nobody is listening?

In this episode, we explore the run up to the Iraq war, and how the invasion of Iraq and removal of Saddam Hussein was planned within hours of the attacks on 9/11. We use leaked and declassified documents to tell the story of an influence campaign waged by senior Bush Administration officials, despite internal reports admitting that they had no evidence of WMD in Iraq.

My next video is live on Nebula NOW! It's about the rise and fall of Samali pirates. Watch now: https://nebula.tv/videos/johnnyharris-why-pirates-still-exist-and-what-they-really-want

Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U_bzI-a4KKA7I318XA1_jz6n9s_HT05Oh8w1xyjZOQk/edit?usp=sharing

-- Video Chapters --
0:00 Intro
2:00 Ad Read
4:21 Find Something To Bomb
9:32 The Public Sales Pitch
12:35 Fixing The Intel
14:47 U.N Inspections and Colin Powell’s Final Push
17:57 Invasion
20:06 Credits

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The music for this video, created by our in house composer Tom Fox, is available on our music channel, The Music Room! Follow the link to hear this soundtrack and many more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RED8rh3V_7A

About:
Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 3.5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

- press -
NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html
NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html
Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU
NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745


- where to find me -
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox
Iz's (my wife’s) channel: https://www.youtube.com/iz-harris

- how i make my videos -
Tom Fox makes my music, work with him here: https://tfbeats.com/
I make maps using this AE Plugin: https://aescripts.com/geolayers/?aff=77
All the gear I use: https://www.izharris.com/gear-guide

- my courses -
Learn a language: https://brighttrip.com/course/language/
Visual storytelling: https://www.brighttrip.com/courses/visual-storytelling

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