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This is the full length 90 min. version of Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing critique of the
criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of the United States Government
to carry out operations which are clearly contrary to the wishes and values of the
American people. The ability to exercise this power with impunity is facilitated by the
National Security Act of 1947. The thrust of the exposé is the Iran-Contra arms and
drug-running operations which flooded the streets of our nation with crack cocaine. The
significance of the documentary is probably greater today in 2007 than it was when it
was made. We now have a situation in which these same forces have committed the most
egregious terrorist attack on US soil and have declared a fraudulent so-called "War on
Terror". The ruling regime in the US who have conducted the invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq, are now banging the war drum against Iran. We have the PATRIOT act which has
stripped us of many of our basic civil rights justified by the terror of 9/11 which is
their own doing.
The MAFIA, THE CIA and the SECRET GOVERNMENT
Some are losing their lives, some are losing their relatives, some are loosing their
land, some are losing their wealth, some are losing their limbs, some are losing their
dignity, everybody is losing, but a gang/cabal of people is winning.
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The Cost of War
By Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers Journal
Friday 11 May 2007
TRANSCRIPT:
Finally, at the beginning of its fifth year, let's take a look at the cost of this
war.
Bob Woodruff (ABC): "It was an impressive sight from the deck of the Abraham
Lincoln, this war time president soaring overhead."
Cynthia Bowers (CBS): "The White House has sent a clear signal. It is pulling out
all the stops, choreographing this finale to the War."
Bill Moyers: Yes, the war was over, the winner was George W. Bush, hailed by the
press as a conquering hero.
Chris Matthews (Hardball): "He won the war, he was an effective commander, everybody
recognizes that, I believe, except a few critics."
Lou Dobbs (CNN): "He looked like alternately Commander in Chief, rock star, movie
star and one of the guys."
Tom Brokaw (NBC): "Here, now, is the President of the United States as he walks
across the deck with 2000 sailors and officers on board for his address to the nation on
the recently completed war in Iraq."
President George W. Bush: "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the Battle
of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."
Bill Moyers: By this point - 140 U.S. troops had died during the mission.
But back in Iraq, reality was writing the script.
Every day since that choreographed victory lap, violent act has followed violent
act.
This April was the cruelest month of the year. The deadliest so far.
Even the supposedly protected heart of American power in Baghdad, The Green Zone,
was shattered by an al Qaeda attack. Al Qaeda was not a presence in Iraq before the
mission but it has a firm foothold there now.
Entering its fifth year, the war's costs are soaring so fast the Web site
costofwar.com uses a non-stop digital counter to keep up with the spending. In today's
dollars, it's projected to become the most expensive war in recent history - reaching
nearly one-trillion dollars.
According to the National Priorities Project, the money spent on the war so far
could have provided America:
* 1.8 million new teachers.
* Over 20 million college scholarships.
* Health insurance for over 60 million children.
* Or nearly 4 million new housing units.
But no price tag can be put on the lost human lives.
Our government hasn't wanted us to see the human cost of the war.
It took grieving families and friends and veterans to create their own memorials
like this one - crosses all in a row - on a California beach.
The grieving continues online:
Mother (Sitting Near Headstone): He was my only child. This is something he gave me
when he was 12 years old for Valentine's Day.
Sister: He wasn't just my brother. He was our father's best friend, he was our
mother's baby boy.
Sister: My brother was a loving guy. A great brother, a great son, a great dad.
Mother: My angel was given to me on October 7, 1980. And he remains my angel to this
day.
Bill Moyers: The number of soldiers killed has reached 3,372 this week.
Medic: We'll just got some oxygen on you, okay?
Bill Moyers: The number wounded - over 25,000 - And the number of limbs blown off
and amputated - 1500 so far. And over five thousand head and brain injuries.
And we can never reckon the unseen scars that last a lifetime.
Sgt. Ty Ziegel suffered the loss of an eye, a fractured skull and burns over much of
his body from the attack of a suicide bomber. Over 30 operations later he returned to
civilian life and married his high school sweetheart, Renee.
As he gets on with his life, his unit is going back for a third tour of duty -
including his 21-year-old brother Zach.
As for Iraqis, it's been difficult to get an accurate count of the dead and wounded.
Estimates range up to three-quarters of a million killed.
Caught in the cross-fire between Sunnis and Shiites, hunted down by death squads or
cut down on their way to school work or the market, many just disappear into the debris.
Some two million have fled the country running for their lives.
Try to imagine what it's like to live with this.
Try to imagine what it's like to live in this.
Even when we catch a glimpse of their blackened bodies.
Even when their stricken eyes stare back.
They remain nameless to us - collateral damage - gone in a flash.
Forty years ago, we escalated the war in Vietnam again and again despite the absence
of a winning strategy.
We're doing it again.
President George W. Bush: America will change our strategy to help the Iraqis carry
out their campaign to put down sectarian violence - and bring security to the people of
Baghdad. This will require increasing American force levels. So I have committed more
than 20,000 additional American troops to Iraq.
Bill Moyers: The President is also calling up an additional 13,000 National
Guardsmen next year despite the hardships on their families, communities and jobs. Nor
will they be available during that time for emergency duty here at home. And the army
has extended the tour of troops in Iraq to 15 months.
As Democrats and Republicans in Washington wrangle over a strategy, there is
speculation that no matter what agreement they reach ... American troops will be in Iraq
at least a decade to come.
We are not finished with the costs of this war.
We'll be back next week. I'm Bill Moyers.
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This is the full length 90 min. version of Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing critique of the
criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of the United States Government
to carry out operations which are clearly contrary to the wishes and values of the
American people. The ability to exercise this power with impunity is facilitated by the
National Security Act of 1947. The thrust of the exposé is the Iran-Contra arms and
drug-running operations which flooded the streets of our nation with crack cocaine. The
significance of the documentary is probably greater today in 2007 than it was when it
was made. We now have a situation in which these same forces have committed the most
egregious terrorist attack on US soil and have declared a fraudulent so-called "War on
Terror". The ruling regime in the US who have conducted the invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq, are now banging the war drum against Iran. We have the PATRIOT act which has
stripped us of many of our basic civil rights justified by the terror of 9/11 which is
their own doing.
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Government: The Constitution in Crisis
This 1987 documentary by Bill Moyers tells the story of America's fraudulent "war on
terror" and reveals how subversion of the rule of law created and armed our own created
enemies. The staggering costs, as you will see, have been immeasurable*. The federal
insurrection continues to this day. *This much we can measure: Back when American kids
were being drafted to kill Vietnamese.…
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"The interests behind the Bush Administration, such as the CFR, The Trilateral
Commission - founded by Brzezinski for David Rockefeller - and the Bilderberger Group,
have prepared for and are now moving to implement open world dictatorship within the
next five years. They are not fighting against terrorists. They are fighting against
citizens." -- Dr. Johannes B. Koeppl, Ph.D., former German defense ministry official
and advisor to former NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner
"The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the Americans
freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizen of his plight." -- JFK
"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." Henry
Kissinger, quoted by Bob Woodward in The Final Days, 1976
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
"[The New World Order] cannot happen without U.S. participation, as we are the most
significant single component. Yes, there will be a New World Order, and it will force
the United States to change it's perceptions." -- Henry Kissenger, World Affairs Council
Press Conference, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel , April 19th 1994
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cannot believe it exists. -- J. Edgar Hoover
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concentrate on." --- George W. Bush ..."Sarah, if the American people had ever known the
truth about what we Bushs have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the
streets and lynched." George Bush Sr. 1992
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