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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/46530898#46530655



Sunday morning Chris Hayes and guest took on the warmongering currently underway in Washington and the Republican's total denial that the war in Iraq ever occurred.

First segment ("Lessons Unlearned from the Bush Years&quot compares clips by Dick Cheney, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Rick Santorum and others as they recycle their 2003 warhawking speeches.

The second segment includes a panel of guests, and examines what Iranian politics look like today, whether an "Arab Spring" is brewing in Iran (no) and what threat Iran poses to the West. On that topic, the Republican presidential candidates are very vocal about the need to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, while the Obama administration has been consistent in saying that Iran does not have, and isn't trying to acquire, nukes.

Noteworthy is the fact that the same people pushing for war with Iran are the same people who pushed hardest for war with Iraq.

Late in the segment, Zainab Salbi, author of Between Two Worlds joins Hooman Madj, author of The Ayatollah's Democracy in heated debate with Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Obama State Department Official. Slaughter tries to make a "nuclear domino theory" case for preventing nukes spreading across the Arab world. While this part gets a bit heated, cooler heads prevail and there's a rational discussion of how to bring Iran into the world community. The clip from Family Guy is worth the whole thing.

Finally, there's discussion of Israel and how they fit in the mix. Ms. Slaughter is asked directly if the US can stop Israel from attacking Iran.


Together, the two segments run about 23 minutes.