| Obama on Iraq: "Some things I Don't Understand..." (Debate 2) - 148 sec
Obama explains some things he doesn't understand about McCain's foreign policy positions. BROKAW: Sen. Obama, the economic constraints on the U.S. military action around the world.
OBAMA: Well, you know, Sen. McCain, in the last debate and today, again, suggested that I don't understand. It's true. There are some things I don't understand.
I don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, while Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda are setting up base camps and safe havens to train terrorists to attack us.
That was Sen. McCain's judgment and it was the wrong judgment.
When Sen. McCain was cheerleading the president to go into Iraq, he suggested it was going to be quick and easy, we'd be greeted as liberators.
That was the wrong judgment, and it's been costly to us.
So one of the difficulties with Iraq is that it has put an enormous strain, first of all, on our troops, obviously, and they have performed heroically and honorably and we owe them an extraordinary debt of gratitude.
But it's also put an enormous strain on our budget. We've spent, so far, close to $700 billion and if we continue on the path that we're on, as Sen. McCain is suggesting, it's going to go well over $1 trillion.
We're spending $10 billion a month in Iraq at a time when the Iraqis have a $79 billion surplus, $79 billion.
And we need that $10 billion a month here in the United States to put people back to work, to do all these wonderful things that Sen. McCain suggested we should be doing, but has not yet explained how he would pay for.
Now, Sen. McCain and I do agree, this is the greatest nation on earth. We are a force of good in the world. But there has never been a nation in the history of the world that saw its economy decline and maintained its military superiority.
And the strains that have been placed on our alliances around the world and the respect that's been diminished over the last eight years has constrained us being able to act on something like the genocide in Darfur, because we don't have the resources or the allies to do everything that we should be doing.
That's going to change when I'm president, but we can't change it unless we fundamentally change Sen. McCain's and George Bush's foreign policy. It has not worked for America.
Obama: "Senator McCain in the last debate and today suggested I don't understand. It's true, there are some things I don't understand. I don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, while Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda are setting up basecamps and safe havens to train terrorists to attack us. That was Sen. McCain's judgment, and it was the wrong judgment."
Auteur : TownhallDebate08
Tags: john mccain barack obama iraq understand
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| KBR Convoy Ambushed in Iraq - 425 sec
Preston Wheeler, a truck driver for KBR a subsidiary of Halliburton shot this amazing video of his truck convoy being ambushed in Iraq. The attack occurred after the U.S. military made a wrong turn down a dead-end street. Mr. Wheeler is lucky to be alive. Three KBR truck drivers were killed after U.S. troops apparently abandoned the truck drivers.
Auteur : carterweb
Tags:Iraq Halliburton Truck Ambush
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| Battle on Haifa Street, Baghdad, Iraq - 176 sec
American infantry and snipers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Stryker Brigade team up with Iraqi soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division during a firefight on Baghdad's notorious Haifa Street, January 2007.
Auteur : MNFIRAQ
Tags: Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF military war army iraq soldiers terrorists snipers rifle insurgents
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| Close Combat in Iraq - 297 sec
Nobody knows the trouble they've seen.
Auteur : nickwalnut
Tags:close combat iraq war iran afghanistan saddam hussein sucks
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| Iraq Burnout vs Europe Burnout - 89 sec
Boon Burnout in Europe vs. Perfect Iraqi Burnout
Second Song is Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun
Auteur : Bomberp1l0t
Tags: Iraq BMW Burnout Bike All Iraqi Road Accident Bus
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| fun in iraq - 126 sec
soldiers in iraq having a little fun
Auteur : ecf150king
Tags:iraq
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| Special Operations Firefight in Iraq ( Special Forces ) - 162 sec
A crazy night for me " In War, you have to be brave to shoot bullets, you have to be crazy to shoot pictures!" thanks for watching
Auteur : CombatCamera12
Tags: special operations iraq sf night firefight Specops
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| Back to Iraq - 1628 sec
May 2008
The US Marines have been fighting on the frontline since the invasion of Iraq. For them, unlike for the many armchair experts, the tragedies of this war are a reality which they must deal with daily.
Auteur : journeymanpictures
Tags: Iraq US Marines the frontline tragedies "Frankenstein" operations war Journeyman Pictures
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| Ali G - Iran vs. Iraq - 187 sec
Ali G talks to James Baker about Iran and Iraq...and when we invaded Iran
Auteur : usammon
Tags:ali-g war Iran Iraq James Baker invaded
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| UFOs sighted by Marines in Iraq - 106 sec
On the night of January 2nd 2008 a group of Marines on patrol in Iraq have a close encounter of the first kind with...?
Auteur : brintonsdad
Tags: UFO Iraq flying saucer marines
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| Iraq conspiracy - 2748 sec
simon reeves looks into the reasons behind the war in Iraq, from oil to the petrodollar to US supremacy and finishes with the Iranian Oil Bourse to trade oil in Euro, set to go online in March 2006, and how that mgiht be the cause for a war with Iran.
Auteur : smorgas22
Tags:iran iraq oil petrodollar euro war lies conspiracy
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| Generation Kill - Iraq - 409 sec
Aug 2004
What happens when those who've grown up on Hollywood war movies and graphic video games are sent to the frontline?
"It's the ultimate rush -- you're going into the fight with a good song playing in the background," states one soldier. This is a war fought by the first playstation generation. As Rolling Stones journalist Evan Wright explains: "One thing about them is they kill very well in Iraq."
Auteur : journeymanpictures
Tags: US War Iraq Terror Occupation Soldiers Marines Video Games Heavy Metal Music Rap Death Morbid Desensitized Hollywood
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| Guernica Iraq - 435 sec
"Guernica" was painted by Picasso in 1937. It depicts the senseless massacre by the Nazi Luftwaffe in the Basque city of Guernica, Spain. The attack was ordered at the behest of fascist Spanish General, Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War. Guernica was a non-military target, the innocent people of the town were attacked in an attempt to psychologically break the will of those who opposed Franco's fascistic nationalist pursuit.
Picasso captured an intense scene reflecting the deeply unjust suffering,
agony and despair experienced by the people of Guernica. And in doing so he produced one of the most iconic, powerful and affecting pieces of anti-war
artwork ever put to canvas. It is little surprise then that a reproduction of the painting, which hangs outside the entrance to the UN Security Council, was covered while Colin Powell was attempting to sell the Iraq War to the world.
The people of Iraq are suffering what amounts to the similar unjust brutality inflicted on the people of Guernica, except it's practically on a daily basis. A more accurate comparison would be to imagine having the London Tube and Bus bombings everyday. And have them happen so often that they become a predictable daily occurrence and part of life.
http://911blogger.com/node/5219
Auteur : Chewbacca2000
Tags:Guernica Iraq war antiwar anti-war
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| US MARINES in Iraq Real Footage Warning Graphic - 300 sec
This is another in a series I am releasing as tributes to the US Marines in Iraq. This is as real as the real gets. Never again likely will you ever get to see uncensored footage from the front lines. May God watch over all fighting for their countries.
Auteur : yagsiecapsym
Tags:Tribute US MARINES Iraq Real Footage graphic war
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| Abu Ghraib - Iraq - 836 sec
Feb 2006
Shocking pictures have come to light revealing the extent of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib - and it's much worse than anyone imaged.
The photos depict new incidents of homicide, torture and sexual humiliation and indicate a broader pattern of abuse than was previously understood. "We now know there was systemic and widespread abuse", states ACLU lawyer Amrit Singh. She hopes the photos release will lead to a proper inquiry
Auteur : journeymanpictures
Tags: Abu Ghraib Iraq Occupation Torture US Surge War Terror
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| Iraq in Photos - 625 sec
View Iraq in Iraqi people eyes.
www.FromBaghdadToNewYork.com
Auteur : lnyousif
Tags:Iraq Nature Travel Baghdad War Saddam News Basra Dohouk Fun عراق بغداد صدام طبيعة سفر
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| In Focus- Inside Iraq: Dangerous Allies - 498 sec
For more information:
http://pulitzercenter.typepad.com/death_of_a_nation/
As seen on Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria. Reported by David Enders and Rick Rowley. New alliances with Sunni militias have reduced attacks on American troops in Anbar and elsewhere in Iraq, but will this new strategy lead to lasting stability, or is it feeding a sectarian civil war and exacerbating a growing refugee crisis?
Auteur : PulitzerCenter
Tags: Iraq civil war sunni shiite anbar refugee car bomb terrorism terrorist pulitzer enders rowley middle east peace conflict
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| CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS: Dahlia Wasfi at Iraq Forum - 374 sec
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi was born to a Jewish mother and an Iraqi father. She recently put her medical career on hold to visit with family members in Iraq, and recently returned from a three-month stay in Basrah and Baghdad. Dr. Wasfi described her experience in Iraq and discussed the life of Iraqis under occupation on April 27, 2006 in Washington, DC.
Auteur : Politicstv
Tags:dahlia wasfi iraq forum war politicstv
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| Cheney in 1994 on Iraq - 83 sec
VP Cheney in 1994: says that invading Iraq would create a quagmire. (footage captured from C-SPAN by Grand Theft Country)
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| TIMZ - Iraq (www.myspace.com/timz) - 220 sec
Iraqi-American rapper TIMZ has released a politically charged music video that is getting international attention since its debut on YouTube.com.
Winner of the 2007 Hollywood Film Festival Music Video of the Year
Winner of MTVu's "The Freshman" in 2007
Winner of TheBeat.fm Summer Contest
"Iraq" is destined to be a true rallying cry during these difficult political times. TIMZ's background allows him to give a unique perspective of the war. "My parents are from Iraq but I was born in the United States. I feel like I'm able to connect to both sides of this war a little more than the average person. That's why I wrote the song the way I did; the first verse is written from the perspective of an Iraqi while the second verse is written from the perspective of an American. The third verse is a history lesson!"
"Dear Mr. George Bush," TIMZ raps. "Why do you insist to make a fool of us? For over 200 years... we stood for what's good, now we despised by our peers; And what do you...but add fuel to the fire and send in more troops. Oh the troops God save the troops; it wasn't their war their lies their fault. America the beautiful what did they do to you, they used you its so indisputable!"
On his fiery and autobiographical debut CD, TIMZ—aka Tommy Hanna, an American born rapper of Chaldean and Iraqi descent--gets right up in our faces, mixing explosive, Middle Eastern tinged beats with incendiary rhymes in an effort to shatter those ugly stereotypes that have plagued people who look like him since 9/11 and the start of the Iraq war.
Make no mistake, the title of TIMZ powerful, outspoken and heavy grooving 14- track collection—a nominee for Best Hip-Hop Album at the 2006 San Diego Annual Music Awards—says it all: the San Diego born and bred artist is Open For Business.
"Iraq" was directed by Ron Najor at TheBuzzLA.com
Auteur : vigproductions
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