Topic: Iraq Invasion

Democracy Now! revisited the 1990 congressional testimony of a 15-year-old Kuwaiti girl named Nayyirah, who claimed Iraqi soldiers removed babies from incubators. This testimony, which significantly shifted American public opinion in favor of the Gulf War, was later revealed to be a coordinated propaganda effort by the PR firm Hill & Knowlton. Nayyirah was identified as the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States, and her claims were never verified by human rights organizations.

Andrea Mitchell reports on John Kerry's defiant stance against Vladimir Putin in Kiev. The hosts highlight the irony of Kerry's statement that "you just don't invade another country on phony pretext," noting the history of U.S. interventions in Iraq and elsewhere.