Places/place
Iraq
2016-09-20, 2 mentions2017-01-31, 2 mentions2017-04-11, 1 mention2017-07-11, 1 mention2017-10-01, 1 mention2018-05-16, 1 mention2018-08-16, 1 mention2018-12-07, 1 mention2019-09-01, 1 mention2020-01-12, 1 mention2020-04-12, 1 mention2020-11-08, 1 mention2021-09-19, 1 mention2022-01-04, 1 mention2022-01-11, 1 mention2022-02-27, 1 mention2023-09-09, 1 mention2023-11-04, 1 mention2023-12-01, 2 mentions2024-05-25, 2 mentions2024-07-06, 1 mention2024-07-13, 1 mention2024-09-14, 4 mentions2024-10-26, 1 mention2024-11-23, 1 mention2024-12-21, 1 mention2025-01-25, 1 mention2025-03-22, 1 mention2025-04-12, 1 mention2025-04-26, 1 mention2025-06-14, 1 mention2025-06-21, 1 mention2025-11-22, 1 mention2026-03-07, 1 mention2026-03-14, 1 mention2026-06-13, 1 mention2026-06-20, 1 mention2026-06-27, 1 mention
Tim’s take
His considered position is that the invasion was built on a lie and cost far more than it claimed to fix, and he keeps citing the missing WMDs and the death toll as proof 53:58 57:45. He treats it as the founding example of a pattern he sees repeating in Afghanistan, Libya, and Ukraine — decapitate a government, destabilize a region, then act surprised at the fallout 38:55 5:00 53:41 1:09:15 19:16.
He admits his view flipped: he was once a drunk Bush-administration supporter who got thrown out of a bar screaming about sending more troops to Iraq, and says sobriety is what changed his politics 29:09. Outside the politics he also uses Iraq as dark punchline material — the guys who "should have died a hero" there, or friends he jokes would be better off dead in a war than aimless at home, and the recurring contrast between his own father's failed career and other men's actual combat medals 1:08:57 5:47 38:53.
Every Reference (45)
"2000 over, uh, over 2000 US deaths in Afghanistan, I think 4400 in Iraq. I mean enormous I write each of these families I mean has paid"
The Viral Beer Tribute News Clip and "The New GI Bill" — Protestant Blood Burger+216s into the segment"I mean, there's not a lot in Iraq, but is there anyone right now, anywhere in the world, deployed,"
"one. I don't know but supposedly it was Because Libya Syria Iran Iraq Lebanon Lebanon Yemen whatever yeah seven countries we're gonna"
"different ballgame. Right. I mean, I think we have over 100 bases in Iraq. I mean, did we still have them? Do we tone them down? I think"
"the idea of George W Bush and the invasion of Iraq was a little unprecedented Like yeah, we're gonna put boots on the ground again."
"and the world's national interest you know we need a democracy in Iraq so they want to put him in that box where if he's gonna go you"
"True. True. A lot. A lot of people made trillions of dollars in Iraq. Yeah. So I don't know if it's really a failure. 9-11. Yeah. 9-11."
The Bush Doctrine, 9/11 Trading Documentary, and Being the Weird Guy at Parties — Freedom and Fentanyl+20s into the segment"Iran and you see in 2003, oh, they bring these charges against Iraq. Don't get into time even they go, this doesn't seem right. Right."
"when they sent Paul Bremer to Iraq right guy you just like drinking tea in the middle of Iraq They were like we're not imperialist We're not colonizing this country"
"because you could you can look it all up But certainly the first Iraq war the lies about the Incubators they I mean, oh, yes, absolutely"
"I know so many people that should have been killed in Iraq they never were in the military but I look at them and I say you should have died for the country you should have died a hero"
Wrapping the Popularity Lecture and D-Day Comparison — 163 - How To Be Popular+152s into the segment"you can do for your friends and your family is go get killed in Iraq or Afghanistan or Iran don't go by the way don't go and then come"
We Need Wars to Thin Out the Population — #182 - Beware the Villas | The Tim Dillon Show+108s into the segment"how important it was that we continue to support the people of Iraq by sending more troops and money I was screaming and top my lungs"
Getting Kicked Out of Churchill's for Defending the Iraq War — #195 - Take Me To The Moon | The Tim Dillon Show+217s into the segment"you know he's proud of his dad his dad gets two bronze stars in iraq i'd be proud even my father worked at color tile he worked at colored"
Dan's Dad's Bronze Stars vs. Color Tile — #225 - Friendsgiving | The Tim Dillon Show+12s into the segment"tim and help a guy who went to iraq and served honorably and did the right thing when he got back from"
Sheath Underwear Ad Twist: Robert Patron's Dark Backstory — #269 - The Activist | The Tim Dillon Show+5s into the segment"create narratives uh maybe like going to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. That was uh created through propaganda. You know, you can make"
"Like if you can look at what happened on September 11th, 2001 and then the logical conclusion is we got to invade a country that had nothing to do with it."
9/11 Truth, the Pentagon Video, and Iraq's Invasion — #283 - Joe Rogan | The Tim Dillon Show+13s into the segment"wasn't right when america's done it not right when we went into iraq or afghanistan stayed there for 20 years that misadventure in the"
Explaining the Invasion: NATO, Regime Change, and Russia's Reaction — #289 - Live From Ukraine | The Tim Dillon Show+114s into the segment"here's what we got Iran Iraq is now worse off than we found it it's an incoherent kind of battle"
The Real History of the Ukraine War and Minsk Accords — Bobby & Cheryl | The Tim Dillon Show #360"like it might be a trap it might be a quagmire it's similar to Iraq it's qu in the Middle East very densy populated Urban Warfare what"
Failed Peace Deals and the Ground Invasion Debate — A Case For Israel with Noa Tishby | The Tim Dillon Show #368+97s into the segment"of that is because we went into these places right we went into Iraq we went into Libya you know we have issues with in Syria um we"
"that's not in my interest right I was not in my interest telling Iraq how to behave or or that that uh that Afghanistan Warlords have"
Understanding Root Causes Without Excusing Violence — Putin, Bin Laden, Hamas — Bonus Episode: Abby Martin+87s into the segment"They carried out the attack um and then we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq who both of those countries had absolutely nothing to do with this"
The Atlantic Admits Saudi Complicity in 9/11 — Kevin Spacey's Soup & AI Saints | The Tim Dillon Show #393+277s into the segment"only thing we do in this country is make things worse remember Iraq that was a preventative measure all we do is make things worse"
Nobody Died, So Leave Boeing Alone — Kevin Spacey's Soup & AI Saints | The Tim Dillon Show #393+189s into the segment"it was really really never about the people of Afghanistan or the people of Iraq or the people of Vietnam or the people of the Ukraine"
Ukraine Gets Thrown Off the Boat Next — Joe Biden & Something Different | The Tim Dillon Show #398+104s into the segment"in Afghanistan put them all there we're going to put them all in Iraq and then they'll never attack us but they didn't really attack"
Fake Gaza Footage and the 500-Pound Bomb Math — Biden's Mumbles & Dance Moms | The Tim Dillon Show #399+206s into the segment"the country of Iraq was three Waring groups of people who hated each other and wanted to kill each other and the only person that could really keep these two groups in check was Saddam Hussein"
Tekken 2 and the "They Hate Us for Our Freedom" Era — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409+180s into the segment"some odd years later and I don't know what the [ __ ] going on in Iraq but it's certainly not what we wanted to happen so now we've realized"
Saddam Hussein as the Minivan Mom and the Failure of Neoconservatism — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409+59s into the segment"we had to forget every single person who said when you go into Iraq the people are not you will not be greeted as liberators it's not"
The Permanent Distrust Left by 9/11 and COVID — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409+222s into the segment"they're back to that huh oh yeah that's right what is the politics of Iraq uh he ratifies the death sentences I like that um exercising random"
Who's Running Iraq Now? — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409+13s into the segment"kind of you know shoulder that burden Y and my generation we saw Iraq we saw Afghanistan y uh We've also seen you know lots of our friends"
The Uni-Party, Empire, and Who Profits From War — Sen. JD Vance | The Tim Dillon Show #414+57s into the segment"going to be a functioning multiethnic pluralistic democracy ditto Iraq it's insane and then when toy gabard you know the big critique"
Tulsi Gabbard, Diplomacy, and the Iran Assassination Plot — Matt Gaetz & The Non-Binary Capitalist | The Tim Dillon Show #418+72s into the segment"ignore like Iraq Afghanistan Libya like all the things that we've tried to do and failed miserably at democratizing the Middle East"
America's Track Record of Foreign Interventions — The Joe Rogan Experience | The Tim Dillon Show #422"but yeah so I mean heg Seth just likes you know the guy went to Iraq and he saw a lot of [ __ ] up [ __ ] when you send these guys over"
Pete Hegseth's Confirmation and Domestic Abuse Allegations — Elon’s Salute & The Inauguration Bishop | The Tim Dillon Show #428+104s into the segment"something so crazy? No, this is all we do. This is Iraq. This is Iraq. This is Afghanistan. Everything. This is the most Yeah. We We're"
American Foreign Policy as Asking for Money to Fix Your Country — Andrew Schulz | The Tim Dillon Show #436+35s into the segment"They like Ukraine. They like Israel Gaza. They like Syria. They liked Iraq. They liked Afghanistan. They liked Libya. And they'll like Yemen."
Neocons, Iran, and the Forever War Machine — Stay At Home Summer & Being A Good Guest | The Tim Dillon Show #439+27s into the segment"we didn't go to war with Saudi Arabia we then went to war with Iraq was orange and then red yeah weapons of mass destruction they never"
Generational Distrust of the War Machine and Megan McCain's Grudge — Candace Owens Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #441+17s into the segment"also seen the end of that movie where the Taliban comes back or Iraq has this very, you know, they have a government that puts all the"
Iran as the Eternal Scapegoat, and Israel's Real History — ICE, Iran, & The American Summer | The Tim Dillon Show #448+178s into the segment"changes. The Taliban's back. Who the [ __ ] knows what's going on in Iraq. Syria is being run by ISIS. Libya is a failed state. You got 90"
Regime Change Track Record: Taliban, Iraq, Libya, and Beverly Hills Persians — Waiting For War & Negotiations Under Fire | The Tim Dillon Show #449+121s into the segment"leader of a country. You're out. Knock them over. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria. So what happens? We get rid of these governments"
The Post-9/11 Regime-Change Playbook — The Epstein Files & Thanksgiving In Syria | The Tim Dillon Show #471+61s into the segment"in the '90s in Iraq, this was kind of what the West would do to Iraq. You put them under sanctions, impoverish it, and then every 6 months go bomb it."
Prediction: Trump Declares Victory, Iraq-Style 'Mowing the Lawn' Ahead — Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486+91s into the segment"what's happening right now in Iran. They cheered on what happened in Iraq. Okay, 20 years after that, everyone in this country has less money"
Suburban Bloodlust and the Moral Black Hole — Iran, Looksmaxxing, & The Rapture | The Tim Dillon Show #487+225s into the segment"that you have to control. We all learned all of these lessons with Iraq and Afghanistan. And actually, we learned that before that with"
Why Wars Don't Work Anymore — Iran Forever, Belfast Riots, & College Commencement | The Tim Dillon Show #499+98s into the segment"Israel. We've backed a lot of dictators in our day. We invaded Iraq. We invaded Afghanistan. We sent millions of refugees throughout"
America's Lost Moral High Ground and the End of Dominance — Iran’s Baddie Era & The Data Center Destiny | The Tim Dillon Show #500+59s into the segment"political situation in those countries and we saw that happen in in Iraq, Afghanistan, in Syria and Libya. All of these were were, you know,"
From Anti-War Populism to Invading Iran — Donald Trump’s Endgame | The Tim Dillon Show #501+49s into the segment