US Policy Toward Iraq: Background; Tourette Syndrome
US Policy Toward Iraq: Background
Did we create Saddam Hussein? Larry Mantle explores this question with both a journalist and an Iraq expert, tracing US policy toward Iraq over the years. America supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, preferring to boost the latter over the hostage-taking Iran. What exactly did the US do to help Saddam Hussein in the 1980s? Was he considered a threat then? What were our relations with Iraq up until the Gulf War? And what kind of diplomacy has the US engaged in with Iraq in recent years? Joining Larry Mantle are Evan Thomas, co-author, with Christopher Dickey, of the current Newsweek article “How We Helped Create Saddam: and can we fix Iraq after he’s gone?” and Lou Cantori, Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Tourette Syndrome
Larry Mantle takes a look at the world of Tourette Syndrome. Joining him are Christopher Renzullo, who has Tourette Syndrome, Dr. Howard Kushner, author of A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette’s Syndrome (Harvard University Press), and Dr. Neal Swerdlow, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. He is the chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Tourette Syndrome Association. They will discuss the Syndrome, how it has been viewed in the past, how it is viewed today, new treatments, and what it is like to live with Tourette’s Syndrome. For the Southern California area, contact Tourette Syndrome Association, Southern California Chapter, or call (818)344-0948.