Iraq Reviews: SXSW Movie Review: Body of War

Iraq Reviews > SXSW Movie Review: Body of War

[/Film] Case Directed by Ellen Spiro, a professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin, and Phil Donahue, the former television host whose last television program was cancelled by MSNBC (ostensibly for low ratings, but probably for his liberal-progressive views), Body of War, a deeply moving, ultimately heart-wrenching documentary, follows Tomas Young, an Iraq War veteran injured in 2005 during an assault on convoy, his arduous rehab, physical setbacks, his marriage, and his political activism as a member of the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Bright, articulate, and passionate, Young found purpose and meaning by becoming a vocal advocate against the war.

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[Mudville Gazette] Dawn Patrol: The major flaw with liberal America’s theory as Ms Hagelin points out is that in this war there is no government to negotiate with, unlike the Cold War when we could open a line of communication with Moscow and see a noticeable result along the Berlin Wall, talking with Pakistan or Iraq or Saudi Arabia or any of the Middle Eastern Nations produces no end result as it pertains to Al Qaeda or the Taliban or any of the other numerous militia and terror groups operating around the world.

[The Swamp] Recession likely joins war as pillars of Bush legacy: Addressing the Economic Club of New York on Friday, Bush uttered the word "recession" only once, as an ill that he "inherited" entering office in 2001. And as he has for months now, Bush confronted the storms brewing in the American economy -- rising gas prices, slumping stocks, a mortgage crisis and a credit crunch -- with an unrelenting assurance that everything will work out.

[Just Foreign Policy News] Just Foreign Policy News, March 13, 2008: Even before assuming his new post at CENTCOM, Fallon expressed strong opposition in mid-February to a proposal for sending a third U.S. aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, to overlap with two other carriers, according to knowledgeable sources. The addition of a third carrier was to part of a broader strategy then being discussed at the Pentagon to intimidate Iran by making a series of military moves suggesting preparations for a military strike.

[Tradingurus Feed ()] Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and the Good War - Outside the Box Special ...: As the situation in Iraq settles down - and it appears to be doing so - more focus will be drawn to Afghanistan, the war that even opponents of Iraq have acknowledged as appropriate and important. But it is important to understand what this war consists of: It is a holding action against an enemy that cannot be defeated (absent greater force than is available) with open lines of supply into a country allied with the United States.

[A Soldier's Heart] OHIO, TEXAS LOSE BIG NUMBERS IN IRAQ WAR: CASUALTIES OF BUSH ...: Combined, Ohio and Texas have sustained roughly one-eighth of all U.S. troop deaths in a war that’s certain to shape the general election as candidates with two vastly different approaches ”” stay or go ”” compete for votes in communities that have been personally touched by the conflict that began with a U.S.-led invasion five years ago this month.

[ALLABOUTGEORGE.com] links for 2008-03-14: “According to the News Content Index conducted by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, the percentage of news stories devoted to the war has sharply declined since last year, dropping from an average of 15% of the newshole in July to just 3% in Febru

[Mysteries Of The Revolution] Gettin' by, money n'war...: Whilst Iraq festered and Afghanistan became the preserve of the Taliban there was nothing like enough diplomatic effort made to solve the problems. The whole weapons of mass destruction debacle only served to prove that the US had decided long before on military action as the only solution.

[Riehl World View] New Dem Poll: Don't Quit, Hillary - Rezko Bribed Iraqi Official?: In a footnote to a motion last week seeking to exclude some government evidence against Rezko, his defense lawyers disclosed for first time that prosecutors have alleged that Rezko paid a $1.5 million bribe to Iraq's former electricity minister to obtain a contract in that country. The alleged bribe was paid from an escrow account held by Bryan Cave, prosecutors said.

[VOA Special English (MP3 and Text)] Small-Town Georgia Influences Singer Lizz Wright's Latest Effort: He believes more American troops need to be deployed to crush rebel forces, end fighting among different Muslim groups and disarm militias. He says the United States must also help to strengthen the Iraqi armed forces and police.

[Haecus's Weblog] One-Eighth Of All US Troops Killed In Iraq Are From Ohio/Texas: In Ohio and Texas, both party’s contenders are courting a constituency that while war-weary also is deeply supportive of U.S. troops embroiled in a conflict that has intimately affected small towns like McConnelsville, Ohio, and military bastions around Fort Hood, Texas, as well as every place in between.

[Why Dont You Blog?] Yet more blogs listed: Echoing Voices Against War Edgeing exmearden Fire on the Mountain GDAEman Gold Star Mom Speaks Out Green Left Infoasis Happening Here Intrepid Liberal Journal Invictus: A blog on US Politics and the Fight Against Torture Iraq Newsladder .

[Ekrgriseldastephanie's Weblog] Incomplete Retrospecticus, Part Five of Five: Michael Brown’s original job as director of FEMA : Hurricane Katrina : Michael Brown’s new job as trouble-shooting consultant to FEMA :: President Bush’s first term as foreign policy-oriented President : War in Iraq : President Bush’s second term as the only candidate with the resolve to stay the unsustainable, insane, counterproductive, terrorist-producing, financially irresponsible course in Iraq.

[Chendanexbb's Weblog] THE FLEISCHMANN AND PONS OF THE IRAQ WAR: New York”¦: In fact, one of the reasons to go to war with Iraq sooner, rather than later, is so that we never find ourselves in that position where Saddam Hussein has nuclear weapons and we have to risk the obliteration of Riyadh, or Kuwait, and the Saudi oil fields, or Amman, or any of the other capitals of the region that we would worry so much about. Or, for that matter, New York.

[Group News Blog] Boom Chicka Boom: Don't Go Near The Water: They won the off-Presidential (2002) election with the Afghanistan War. They won the Presidential (2004) election (okay, they cheated in Ohio, but got close enough the cheating worked) on the blood of the Iraq war and OBL conveniently doing 60 second TV commercials for Bush.

[Political Blotter] Move America Forward’s report, dissected: MAF found several instances in which morons posted comments to the Internet approving of crimes such as the vandalism of a recruiting center in Spokane, Wash.; the arson of a center in San Jose;