Comments on: Iraq: There’s a Reason They Never Tell Us the Good News http://mouemagazine.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/iraq-theres-a-reason-they-never-tell-us-the-good-news/ Progressive Politics. Independent Media. Stuff. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Mike Booth http://mouemagazine.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/iraq-theres-a-reason-they-never-tell-us-the-good-news/#comment-952 Mike Booth Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:54:28 +0000 http://mouemagazine.wordpress.com/?p=476#comment-952 The Iraq war has been a colossal fuckup that no amount of telling will ever make any sense or do any good. As I see it at this point, the most useful thing we can do is to start campaigning for war crimes prosecution for those responsible, both in the United States and abroad. A pipe dream? Time will tell. P.S. I find it interesting that two of the principle foreign politicians on the "responsibles" list, Tony Blair of the UK and Jose Maria Aznar of Spain are installing themselves in comfortable positions in the United States. Is the US destined to become the refuge of choice for contemporary war criminals? The Iraq war has been a colossal fuckup that no amount of telling will ever make any sense or do any good. As I see it at this point, the most useful thing we can do is to start campaigning for war crimes prosecution for those responsible, both in the United States and abroad. A pipe dream? Time will tell.

P.S. I find it interesting that two of the principle foreign politicians on the “responsibles” list, Tony Blair of the UK and Jose Maria Aznar of Spain are installing themselves in comfortable positions in the United States. Is the US destined to become the refuge of choice for contemporary war criminals?

]]> By: Monte http://mouemagazine.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/iraq-theres-a-reason-they-never-tell-us-the-good-news/#comment-949 Monte Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:00:40 +0000 http://mouemagazine.wordpress.com/?p=476#comment-949 Indeed. I have heard some stories of individual soldiers doing some remarkably good things - but those are despite Admin policy, not because of it. The main story in Iraq - how bad it really is - is still woefully under-covered. Shining light on those rare happy tales would distort the news dramatically. Sounds like maybe some are having trouble reconciling the news with the view through rose-colored glasses that we've all been taught to use toward America's rapacious foreign policy. Indeed. I have heard some stories of individual soldiers doing some remarkably good things - but those are despite Admin policy, not because of it. The main story in Iraq - how bad it really is - is still woefully under-covered. Shining light on those rare happy tales would distort the news dramatically.

Sounds like maybe some are having trouble reconciling the news with the view through rose-colored glasses that we’ve all been taught to use toward America’s rapacious foreign policy.

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