we need to repeal the telecommunications act of 1996 to prevent this from ever happening again. Media consolidation let only neoconservative voices be heard before the war.
Reason0Politics1
· 1 year ago
Count amongst the "Human Cost".. the HORROR of one the single largest disgusting legacies... Depleted Uranium. We have LITTERED their country with radioactive debris that has a half life of 2.5 BILLION years. WE HAVE caused this generation and MANY Generations to come, Birth defects, sky rocketing Cancers, etc. There is NO cleanup. We have brought pain and suffering to mankind.
The US is a WAR CRIMINAL in this respect, and sadly, apparently, above accountability.
I am disgusted to be an american at this point.
Tom3
· 1 year ago
You're right about the DU. There are tons of it blowing in the wind in Iraq.
I read a story about this. Iraqi moms don't ask if its a girl or a boy anymore, they ask the ob-gyn if there's something wrong with it. The mutations have already started.
The US has become a rogue nation. We torture and murder and rape and poison.
Tom3
· 1 year ago
Unrelated, but the Euro broke $1.60 today. The dollar is crashing.
Reason0Politics1
· 1 year ago
equally sick is that we have contaminated our own troops with DU, and, they can then spread the radiation poison here at home when they return. The US is genocidal, and global
Cheney/bush have employed complete scorched policy, sadly, unrecoverable. no one can fix this.
About: "Alive in Baghdad employs Iraqi journalists to produce video packages each week about a variety of topics on daily life in Iraq. Through the work of a team of Americans and Iraqi correspondents on the ground, Alive in Baghdad shows the conflict through the voices of Iraqis. Alive in Baghdad brings testimonies from individual Iraqis, footage of daily life in Iraq, and short news segments from Iraq to you.
Alive in Baghdad is a project of Small World News Ltd. Co. We have three production teams, in Iraq, Syria, and Mexico, for our two news programs, Alive in Baghdad and Alive in Mexico. Our camera-operators are available for a negotiable freelance day-rate. Previously we have produced work for Sky News and BBC NewsNight."
lilybart
· 1 year ago
But John, they are all terrorists, not humans. At least that's what McCain tells us.
Reason0Politics1
· 1 year ago
On April 17, 2008, AP News reported that a new study released by the RAND Corporation concludes that "some 300,000 U.S. troops are suffering from major depression or post traumatic stress from serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 320,000 received brain injuries."
On April 21, 2008, OpEdNews reported that an internal email from Gen. Michael J. Kussman, undersecretary for health at the Veterans Administration, to Ira Katz, head of mental health at the VA, confirms a McClatchy Newspaper report that 126 veterans per week commit suicide. To the extent that the suicides are attributable to the war, more than 500 deaths should be added to the reported combat fatalities each month.
Turning to Iraqi deaths, expert studies support as many as 1.2 million dead Iraqis, almost entirely civilians. Another 2 million Iraqis have fled their country, and there are 2 million displaced Iraqis within Iraq.
Afghan casualties are unknown.
Both Afghanistan and Iraq have suffered unconscionable civilian deaths and damage to housing, infrastructure and environment. Iraq is afflicted with depleted uranium and open sewers.
AdmNaismith
· 1 year ago
Staying in Iraq until everybody's dead, just isn't working.
mauro7inf
· 1 year ago
Thank you, thank you very much. (: I don't know if you saw my comment on your earlier post, but thank you for speaking about the real issue and the real horrible tragedy that is this idiotic war and destruction of an entire country's worth of regular folks.
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The US is a WAR CRIMINAL in this respect, and sadly, apparently, above accountability.
I am disgusted to be an american at this point.
I read a story about this. Iraqi moms don't ask if its a girl or a boy anymore, they ask the ob-gyn if there's something wrong with it. The mutations have already started.
The US has become a rogue nation. We torture and murder and rape and poison.
Cheney/bush have employed complete scorched policy, sadly, unrecoverable. no one can fix this.
About:
"Alive in Baghdad employs Iraqi journalists to produce video packages each week about a variety of topics on daily life in Iraq. Through the work of a team of Americans and Iraqi correspondents on the ground, Alive in Baghdad shows the conflict through the voices of Iraqis. Alive in Baghdad brings testimonies from individual Iraqis, footage of daily life in Iraq, and short news segments from Iraq to you.
Alive in Baghdad is a project of Small World News Ltd. Co. We have three production teams, in Iraq, Syria, and Mexico, for our two news programs, Alive in Baghdad and Alive in Mexico. Our camera-operators are available for a negotiable freelance day-rate. Previously we have produced work for Sky News and BBC NewsNight."
On April 21, 2008, OpEdNews reported that an internal email from Gen. Michael J. Kussman, undersecretary for health at the Veterans Administration, to Ira Katz, head of mental health at the VA, confirms a McClatchy Newspaper report that 126 veterans per week commit suicide. To the extent that the suicides are attributable to the war, more than 500 deaths should be added to the reported combat fatalities each month.
Turning to Iraqi deaths, expert studies support as many as 1.2 million dead Iraqis, almost entirely civilians. Another 2 million Iraqis have fled their country, and there are 2 million displaced Iraqis within Iraq.
Afghan casualties are unknown.
Both Afghanistan and Iraq have suffered unconscionable civilian deaths and damage to housing, infrastructure and environment. Iraq is afflicted with depleted uranium and open sewers.