DEATH TO AMERICA The History Behind the Chant Part VI - The War Nobody Voted For

Things I've Been Thinking About · Oct 1, 2026 · 4m

In Part VI of DEATH TO AMERICA: The History Behind the Chant, the story begins with fifteen-year-old “Nayirah,” whose testimony about Iraqi soldiers removing Kuwaiti babies from incubators became one of the most powerful stories preceding the Gulf War.

Americans weren't initially told that she was the daughter of Kuwait's ambassador to the United States—or about the enormous public-relations campaign operating behind the scenes.

But Saddam Hussein really did invade Kuwait. Iraqi forces really did commit atrocities.

That complication becomes the framework for the episode.

From the Gulf War…