I need a little help

[MichaelHarris]

a while back there was this country, I think they called it Iraq. There was a war there I think and if I'm not mistaken some Americans were killed there. For a while it was on the news but then the coverage just stopped. I had heard words like "embed". I had even heard that journalists signed a document where they agreed not to report on anything unless the military told them it was OK. Our journalists would never agree to that!

Does anyone know what happened to that country? Did Americans really die there? Is it still called Iraq? Is the war over? Thanks for any input.

[Kutjara]

1. We were never at war with Iraq. Iraq has always been our ally.

We have always been at war with Afghanistan. Afghanistan has always been our enemy. Emmanuel Goldstein...sorry...I mean Osama Bin Laden is the real threat!

[EFerrari]

2. Friday, Amy reported 20K Army officers reinstated in Iraq:

Iraq Reinstates 20,000 Army Officers

The Iraqi government has announced the reinstatement of some 20,000 army officers who served under Saddam Hussein. The US occupation force disbanded the Iraqi army shortly after overthrowing Hussein’s government in 2003. The de-Baathification policy was widely credited with fueling the Iraqi insurgency. The reinstatements come just one week before Iraq holds national elections. Critics have dismissed the move as an attempt to win more votes for the coalition of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/2/26/headlines#5

She never takes her Soma. :)

[MichaelHarris]

3. Thanks

guess I should stop watching news channels.

[EFerrari]

7. I'd rather peel apples than watch those programs.

:)

[Hissyspit]

4. There was no need to report on it anymore after Bush captured Osama bin Laden.

:sarcasm:

[MichaelHarris]

5. dammit!

I forgot about that. That was the day with the big banner on the battleship right?

[EFerrari]

6. I just watched a great discussion by the two guys that wrote

A Day Late and A Dollar Short.

A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's "Postracial" America

Jon Jeter; Robert Pierre

About the Program

The authors examine the enthusiasm of blacks for achieving a post racial America in the era of Barack Obama - and the progress toward taht goal at the end of his first year in office. The event is in Washington, D.C.

http://www.booktv.org/Program/11313/A+Day+Late+and+a+Dollar+Short+High+Hopes+and+Deferred+Dreams+in+Obamas+Postracial+America.aspx

It's not Obama bashing but very thoughtful. On again tomorrow 9:30 Eastern and then up in the archives. I think I need to watch it a couple more times. Jeter was saying something about failed states that I was too sleepy to get. But it's must see teevee.

[ChicagoSuz219]

8. They've been drawing down troops...

...there's a light at the end of the tunnel. (I hope.)

[jotsy]

9. Anytime I suggest to my 28 year old, (a brand spanking new DUer BTW)

His response: Yeah Mom, that's the light on the train that's coming straight at ya!

[ChicagoSuz219]

10. When I was 28, I had all the answers, too...

...now I don't even know what the questions are... LOL

[Atticus]

11. K & R That got you back to even. I'll watch this thread as I share your curiosity

about this country. I believe you are correct as to the name, but I'm wondering if you misheard "in bed" for "embed".