Democracy Now with Amy Goodman:Superb discussion on Bush Speech

[Douglas Carpenter]

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http://www.democracynow.org/streampage.pl

"Fmr. Pentagon Insider Blasts Bush's Iraq Speech and Repeated References to 9/11

In a primetime address to the nation, President Bush defended the war in Iraq and rejected calls to set a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops. In his speech, Bush repeatedly tried to connect the war in Iraq to September 11 even though Iraq had no role in the attacks. We speak with former Pentagon insider, Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski.
Journalist Patrick Cockburn Calls Iraq a "Bloody Mess" One Year After Handover of "Sovereignty"

We speak with Middle East journalist Patrick Cockburn of the Independent (UK) who finds that since the so-called handover of sovereignty in Iraq, 948 U.S. soldiers have died; thousands of Iraqis have been killed; 52 senior Iraqi government or religious figures have been assassinated; and the number of Iraqi military and police being killed each month has jumped by fifty percent.
Mother of Soldier Killed in Iraq: "The Best Way To Honor My Son's Death Would Be To Bring The Troops Home"

As President Bush refuses to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, we speak with Cindy Sheehan, her son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in 2004. Sheehan calls on President Bush to withdraw the over 130,000 troops from Iraq and for Congress to investigate the Downing Street minutes.

Iraqi Blogger Criticizes Western Media For Excluding Iraqi Voices

We speak with Faiza Jarrar, an Iraqi blogger about President Bush's speech and the occupation of Iraq. Jarrar says, "When does Bush care about the Iraqi people? Iraq is a 25 million population. Who will go to ask them 'what is your attitude about this war' or 'what is your future' or 'what is your plan to leave?'"

Rahul Mahajan: "Bush Trots Out Bin Laden to Justify Anything He is Doing"

We speak with Middle East analyst Rahul Mahajan the 130,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and President Bush's rare reference to Osama bin Laden in his primetime address."

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[bullimiami]

1. thanks. downloading now.

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[LightningFlash]

2. SEE the reality everyone???

Here's Iraqi voices FIRST hand talking about what they see in IRAQ. Are THEY not credible in their OWN country???

They do NOT want to be occupied and have made that clear! Stabilizing the region will not be through the United States troops as a bulletshield. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: