Some words of sanity compared to McCain’s dribble.
Some words of sanity compared to McCain’s dribble.
Once again Frontline delivers an excellent documentary about current US affairs. Once again solid work offering many insight. Once again Frontline helps us to put many pieces of the puzzle into one big picture. Once again - thank you Frontline for the great work and allowing us bloody foreigners to watch the whole thing online.
More? Watch it all online with many bonus interviews you won’t see on TV.
Good to get some more background on the current fights in Iraq. lways worth checking out RealNews for some insights you hardly find in mass media.
Mission Statement from 2003:
Start a War based on lies. 
Alienate all your European Allies.
Piss of the whole Muslim world.
Save money on protective gear and Hummvees.
Totally ignore the Shia and Sunni conflict in the region.
Totally ignore the Kurdish and Turkish conflict.
Ignore security and rule of law in postwar Iraq.
Dissolve the Iraqi Police for more crime.
Dissolve the Iraqi Military for more crime.
Torture your prisoners and take snaps for everybody.
Ignore war crimes of your own troops.
Forget to secure huge amount of weapons and ammo.
Drive up the price for oil.
Ruin your own military.
Start a job boom for Blackwater and other mercenaries.
Make Halliburton even richer.
Funnel Billions of Dollars into dark holes.
Funnel Billions of Dollars to contractors who waste the money.
Encourage a culture or corruption in Iraq.
Blame everything on Iran and al-Quaida.
Promise to pay insurgents to fight for you - and then don’t pay.
Lay the foundation for another war in the region.
Did I miss anything?
This is an old report from the LA Times - but still valid. Young American soldiers and Iraqis get blown to bits.
A three part documentation about wounded American soldiers in Iraq. Harsh reality - highly recommended to see what you don’t see on mainstream television.
The Turkish invasion into Iraq is a deadly joke. Most Kurdish resistance fighters had left their hideouts anyway, because of the harsh winter in the mountains. And the attack has been expected for months - so nobody was caught in surprise.
Most of all: Turkey is lacking a big professional Army to do the task. So inexperienced conscripts are used to wage a war against experienced guerillas. Many of the first Turkish causalities have been young conscripts. The Turkish generals and politicians should be ashamed to start this war just for mostly propaganda reasons.
The overall situation is such a tragedy as well: the Kurds have been America’s ally from the very beginning in their fight against Saddam. They have suffered decades of suppression from Saddam AND Turkey. America should support these peoples struggle for their own country Kurdistan.
Instead America doesn’t want to embarrass it’s important NATO ally Turkey (who has a VERY strong lobby in the US and is also one of the few Muslim countries that supports Israel). But the US also wants the Kurds to be part of that artificial country Iraq.
The Kurds should have their own country and run their own affairs. If small Kosovo can be it’s own state, so can Kurdistan. Iran and Turkey should part their chunks of Kurdistan - so peace can be made for all.
I am a big fan of Frontline and it many great documentation - not only because you can watch so many great reports online. This one is important, because it shows what really happened at Abi Graib and HOW it happened. I still can’t belief that Rumsfeld is still in Office and this Gonzales guy got even a bigger job.
I hope that one day they will be brought to justice, like Osama or any other terrorist - because what Rumsfeld ‘allowed’ was political terrorism - nothing else.
BBC News - US surge ‘failure’ says Iraq poll
Anyone surprised?
While President Shrub is busy scrubbing the Generals report the BBC, ABC News and NHK asked 2.000 Iraqis what they had to say.
Here is another comment by the BBC: Petraeus buys time for Iraq strategy.