Jeremy Scahill on Iraq/ISIS: We Created the Very Threat We Claim to be Fighting
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Published on Oct 3, 2014
http://democracynow.org - As Vice President Joe Biden warns it will take a "hell of a long fight" for the United States to stop militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, we speak to Jeremy Scahill, author of the book, "Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield." We talk about how the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 that helped create the threat now posed by the Islamic State. We also discuss the role of Baathist forces in ISIS, Obama’s targeting of journalists, and the trial of four former Blackwater operatives involved in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad’s Nisoor Square.
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Can't make trillions in tax $$ for the m-i-c if there's nobody to hate and blow up. I knew from day one of desert storm that it was basically a massive ad campaign for weapons manufacturers and a call to arms for mercenaries. Don't forget that the 2003 shock and awe also brought forth blackwater/xe - whether they already existed or were created at that time we may never know but they are out there and we just don't hear about them much. I also suspect that the pres is under constant threat form that organization to regularly engage in battle somewhere or he and his family will be assassinated or something ugly and seemingly unthinkable. Always remember what president Bill said about the white house being the crown jewel of the penal system of our country... I always interpreted that to mean that he was being monitored and dictated to in some fashion that made him keep the military and its addicts supplied with a fix on a regular basis. Seems he tried to keep it down to a dull roar but I also think that it has become such an ominous force since w/cheney bolstered them with our stolen tax-payer $$ that even the potus now is merely a puppet whether willingly or not.
