Mr. Beat tells the story of arguably the most controversial war in American history- the Iraq War.

This video has been heavily censored. For a less censored version:    • The Iraq War Explained (less censored)  

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Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S...

Sources/further reading:
To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq by Robert Draper
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
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Disarming Iraq by Hans Blix
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The American Pageant. (16th edition). Cengage Learning.
The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (9th edition)
America Through the Lens (National Geographic)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...
https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2F...
   • 60 Minutes' 2003 investigation of int...  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
https://www.britannica.com/event/Iraq...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/per...
   • Truth, War and Consequences (full doc...  
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/03/115116...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-64914542
https://www.theguardian.com/world/200...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_in...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/wh...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

Creative commons credits: Aaron Keene, Ragesoss, Mstyslav Chernov, Fibonacci Blue

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:10 Causes of The Iraq War
12:22 What Went Down in The Iraq War
26:28 The Legacy of The Iraq War