Web Watch: Five Years
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. A lot has already been said and a lot more will be.
Our bureau chief in Washington, Bill Lambrecht, offered this post not too long ago.
Most polls show a majority of Americans view the war negatively, and in a lot of cases, want U.S. troops out. For the latest numbers, visit Pollingreport.com’s Iraq section.
The story dominated the front pages of newspapers this morning. Earlier today, the president spoke on the anniversary. The full video of his speech is here and here’s AP’s quick view version:
There’s also a lot of chatter out there on the Web in blogs, vlogs, etc. I’m posting a smattering of the videos this week.
A group of protesters pulled of a “freeze” at Union Station in D.C. this week:
One YouTube user published a patriotic montage of dramatic photos of soldiers timed to music:
Al-Jazeera’s English news channel released a five-part documentary on American’s views on the war. Part one:
And lastly, our presidential candidates this week discussing the war:
[...] have also posted a good bit of the online chatter out there this week as people around the country observe the anniversary. (No Ratings Yet) [...]
Five years of the wrong war, in the wrong place at the wrong time! Now, in the real war in Afghanistan, we face a resurgent Taliban and al Qaeda (who attacked the US!) who control some 10% of the country, Mr. Kharzai has another 20% and the warlords have the rest.
And, still, nothing is done about the flow of drugs from Afghanistan to the US which feeds the terrorists’ coffers and kills our children!
http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/08/13/afghanistan-democracy-is-drowning-in-illegal-drugs/