Apparently, BushCo is working on a secret plan for Iraq, which they will tell us about after the elections (following which Rumsfeld will resign). Over the weekend, Bush refused to admit that there was any problem with his strategy for the war. At the same time Bush lied (again), without flinching, and denied that he ever espoused a "stay the course" argument in Iraq. ("BUSH: Well, listen, we've never been stay the course, George." But . . . but . . . but . . . ummm. . . err . . . huh?)
Bush's retreat from discussion of his strategy, desperate attempt to come up with some kind of plan, and denials that he ever wanted to stay the course, are the result of his refusal to take responsibility for the bowl of shit he served up to the world. Just how much a failure his Iraq strategery has been is demonstrated in micro by this film.
Sean Smith is a photojournalist with The Guardian. He has been in Iraq since before the US invasion. Recently he spent six weeks with the Army's 101st Division. He produced this short film on the 101st's efforts to train Iraqis and turn over control of small parts of towns to them.
You will see the 101st attacked from the town council offices next door and from within their own joint command post; you will hear an Iraqi officer order his troops to cease firing on insurgents in the middle of a firefight; an Iraq soldier will explain why Iraq was better off under Saddam. You will see an insurgent battle with ghosts, a sixth non-productive raid on an Iraqi family, and no Iraqi ready or willing to stand up. You will see a failed policy, an inept strategy, and a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, all writ small in eight minutes time.
See it here.
Bush's retreat from discussion of his strategy, desperate attempt to come up with some kind of plan, and denials that he ever wanted to stay the course, are the result of his refusal to take responsibility for the bowl of shit he served up to the world. Just how much a failure his Iraq strategery has been is demonstrated in micro by this film.
Sean Smith is a photojournalist with The Guardian. He has been in Iraq since before the US invasion. Recently he spent six weeks with the Army's 101st Division. He produced this short film on the 101st's efforts to train Iraqis and turn over control of small parts of towns to them.
You will see the 101st attacked from the town council offices next door and from within their own joint command post; you will hear an Iraqi officer order his troops to cease firing on insurgents in the middle of a firefight; an Iraq soldier will explain why Iraq was better off under Saddam. You will see an insurgent battle with ghosts, a sixth non-productive raid on an Iraqi family, and no Iraqi ready or willing to stand up. You will see a failed policy, an inept strategy, and a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, all writ small in eight minutes time.
See it here.
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