Archive for the ‘Iraq’ Category

#015: No End in Sight — America’s Iraq Advistors Look Back in Anger

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

In the suburbs of Washington and all around the country today, there’s a small army of civilian and military experts and soldiers who did their time in Iraq and are now back, brooding, ashamed and angry.

They are angry about how badly wrong their mission went, about how they might have done it better, but mostly about how virtually all their best ideas and direst warnings were steadfastly ignored by the handful of men who led them.

This hour On Point: In a new documentary “No End in Sight,” those men and women look back in anger, and if you think you’ve heard it all, you haven’t.

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#011: Bill Moyers on Bush, Cheney and Impeachment

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Bill Moyers on Bush, Cheney and impeachment.

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#010: Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

A tad bit dated, but nonetheless brilliant.  Bill Moyers interviews Jon Stewart.

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Rosie vs. Elizabeth Smackdown on The View

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Wow. This one’s pretty insane. Rosie vs. Elizabeth about the Iraq War on “The View”.

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From The Daily Kos: “The War in Iraq is Evil: A Mormon Perspective”

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

(From Clay — The Comments are as Interesting as the Post)

The War in Iraq is Evil (A Mormon Perspective) , by flernk

And again, this is the law that I gave unto mine ancients, that they should not go out unto battle against any nation, kindred, tongue, or people, save I, the Lord, commanded them.

-Doctrine & Covenants 98:33

Evil is such a dangerous word, isn’t it? Well, I’m using it deliberately. Not only has the War in Iraq been the single worst foreign policy disaster in American History, not only were we lied to in the run-up, not only has it been catastrophically mismanaged, and not only has it made us dramatically less safe from terrorists, the war in Iraq is categorically evil.

LDS individuals in America are far-and-away red party faithful, but their personal political leanings cannot hide the truth: Nothing in our doctrine justifies this war and, in fact, our doctrine specifically states that a war like this is evil.

There a few things you must know about me (and by extension, my Church).

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A Personal Connection to the Iraq War, and to the Walter Reed Debacle: James Coons

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

James Coons and I were teammates on the varsity basketball team at Katy High School from 1986-1987. He was actually my backup at center/power forward.

Recently I learned that James committed suicide at Walter Reed Hospital a few years back, after serving in Iraq.

His story was just featured on ABC News.

As you can imagine, it is so strange and sad to see a former friend show up in the national news, and to learn of his death.

Check it out, and please save a prayer tonight for James’ family, and for all the soldiers in this war (on both sides).

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Oh Brother. Here we go again in Iran (Vietnam, Iraq, etc.)

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

As a novice follower of history, this sounds so eerily familiar.

“Fifth Fleet commander warns of ‘unprecedented tension’ in Gulf”

They’re making it sound like the wrong Iranian mine strays and hits a boat in the Gulf, then it’s World War III (with Iran and whoever supports them).

Haven’t justifications for war been manufactured/trumped up before through naval exercises off the coast of another country? Spanish / American War?  Gulf of Tonkin? Someone help me out here.

Anyway, when I pray, I pray that this won’t happen.

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