Independent historian and journalist Gareth Porter discusses the limits of America's awesome military might when it comes to fighting insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan; Iraq's brutal sectarian civil war in 2006-2007; how the US helped increase Iranian influence in Iraq; and Gen. Petraeus's influence on COIN doctrine and the "victory in defeat" PR campaign.
03/19/13 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Dahr Jamail, author of Beyond the Green Zone, discusses life in Iraq today - 10 years after the US invasion in 2003; the 1 million displaced Iraqis and the greatly increased cancer and birth defect rates; Prime Minister al-Maliki's adoption of US counterinsurgency tactics, including rape, execution and torture; al-Malilki's fears that Syrian rebels will target Iraq next and revitalize the Sunni resistance; and the problems with an independent Kurdistan.
03/19/13 – Jonathan Landay – The Scott Horton Show
Jonathan Landay, senior national security and intelligence correspondent for McClatchy Newpapers, discusses the few reporters and media outlets who "got it right" on the Iraq War; how the Office of Special Plans cherry picked raw intelligence and lied Americans into war; how Cheney's office brought pressure on intelligence analysts and interrogators - producing bogus conclusions and tortured confessions; and the steady stream of lies from Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress.
03/18/13 – Jamal Abdi – The Scott Horton Show
Jamal Abdi, Policy Director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), discusses how Senate Resolution 65 is a backdoor to war with Iran; Congress's attempts at limiting Obama's diplomatic options; and the possibility of a compromise on Iran's nuclear program - lifting some sanctions in exchange for Iran suspending 20% uranium enrichment.
Body of War
The Trial You Will Never See
War Made Easy – How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death
The War Party
Leading to War (2008)
Why We Fight – 2005
Buying the War
Bill Moyers Journal: Buying the War from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
The War Tapes
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations
Iraq For Sale The War Profiteers
Iraq in Fragments
Cannot embed, but whole film here.