The dog and pony show vs. Iraqi reality
There's not much more to say about the hearings this week from a faith perspective -- yet this remains: blessed are the peacemakers. But is America making peace in Iraq?
But now the administration has gone from giving dog and pony shows to think tankers, congresspersons, and journalists to giving it to the American public directly this week. Or as Fox News names its exclusive interview with Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker: "A Briefing for America."
One of my favorite YouTube film projects is Hometown Baghdad, shot by Ausama, a medical student living in the Iraqi capital city. This video gets beyond the Petraeus charts and al Qaeda rhetoric and shows how American troops contribute to the problem, turning educated middle class Iraqis against the 'liberators" precisely because it is impossible for American troops to police without also disturbing the peace.
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“All right. You’ve covered your ass, now.”
~Words of President Bush to a CIA briefer who delivered the memo titled “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US” to Bush on Aug. 6, 2001, about a month before the September 11 attacks happened- a memo he ignored.
We.
Will.
Never.
Forget.
Posted by: Swan | September 11, 2007 08:41 AM
I commented in the Pew Poll thread about an interesting church In North Carolina.
A Sunday School teacher in that congregation has made an interesting post and having interesting feedback under the Moniker General Petraeus..."BeTrayus" at www.baptistlife.com/forums faith and practice chat.
Several of you who frequent this board I encourage to register there and join this discussion in the heartland of Baptist Faith of Richard Land some progressives are vying for.
Posted by: Stephen Fox | September 11, 2007 03:43 PM