So all those flagged military coffins are from friendly fire?
That didn't seem to be the point to me: the point, which is a simple one,
and I thought said with considerable force, is the gap between the US
government rhetoric about how things are so much better in Iraq now and the
pictures of what is actually happening there now (which is, everyone from
the US military on agrees, a result of botched US planning). And its focus
seemed to be about the human tragedy for everyone involved there, occupier
and occupied. It seemed to me, in that way, rather even handed.
I thought it pretty powerful and moving. A piece of political rhetoric for
sure, but an interesting one which makes its point elegantly and without
didacticism.
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On 24/4/05 10:19 PM, "Dominic Fox" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As far as wealth, arrogance, power and remorse are concerned, the
> original video for that song said it all very much better.
>
> I wonder whether all of those maimings, explosions, wrecked vehicles
> and so on were occasioned by US military actions. If so, it's a bit
> one-sided - the occupiers hardly have a monopoly of mayhem in the
> region.
>
> Dominic
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