Obama's Vietnam?

[deepthought85]

Sorry this is a little off the subject. But i did like the part when he admitted that LBJ didnt know what he was getting into. And basically fucked up by even going into Vietnam. Now if only they would take responsibility for what they did to that country. If it doesnt catch up to us in Iraq or Afghanistan it'll catch up someday. Violence only begets more violence.

[spotZsp00k]

THIS IS THE HEAVILY, SLICKLY-PROMOTED NOTION THAT WITHIN THE CIA (& FBI) ARE LOYVAL, pATRIOTIC aMERICANs (Edmonds, Scheuer, McGOVERN, et al) outraged by the NEOCONS. THEY ARE FIGHTING THE NEOCONS. THEY ARE ON YOUR SIDE.

RUBBISH. THIS WHOLE CHARADE IS A CIA DECEPTION

HERE'S THE NEWS,IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW: INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES DON'T JUST MANIPULATE EXTERNAL EVENTS, THEY MANIPULATE THE IMAGE OF THEMSELVES PRESENTED IN THE MAINSTREAM & ALTERNATIVE MEDIA.

[spotZsp00k]

THIS IS THE HEAVILY, SLICKLY-PROMOTED NOTION THAT WITHIN THE CIA (& FBI) ARE LOYVAL, pATRIOTIC aMERICANs (Edmonds, Scheuer, McGOVERN, et al) outraged by the NEOCONS. THEY ARE FIGHTING THE NEOCONS. THEY ARE ON YOUR SIDE. (IN REALITY THEY'RE WITH THE NEO-CONS)

RUBBISH. THIS WHOLE CHARADE IS A CIA DECEPTION

HERE'S THE NEWS,IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW: INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES DON'T JUST MANIPULATE EXTERNAL EVENTS, THEY MANIPULATE THE IMAGE OF THEMSELVES PRESENTED IN THE MAINSTREAM & ALTERNATIVE MEDIA.

[infokemp]

We should make a permenent strategic alliance with Iran, they hate the Taliban and AlQueada we should do a join occupation of Afganistan, we provide the quality and the Iranians the mass.

[Dhaune]

iran is already allied with russia

[infokemp]

Build on the common ground & interest.

[danger0usknowledge]

According to Wolf Blitzer "the surge" consisted of

of paying 30 million to 100,000 Iraqi "leaders" & Imam's

EACH MONTH. $300.00 a month to each Iraqi leader.

I wonder how many "leaders" were disappeared so

that their $300 could double-dipped. I wonder what

will happen when the $30 million is disappeared?

What will happen when we withdraw & all these

Imams start going crazy w/o their money?

[iFirestarter]

you guys would love to call this war vietnam, so you idiots can go home and come in your pants at the fact that you think you can begin to compare these two wars...

[br0wnb3rry]

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[impikmin]

Tax deductable? Haha, sure, this isn't government influenced!

[Stardomproductions]

good vid

[inthebluescrossroad]

excellent excellent reporting, im glad news coverage is finally breaking free of government and corporate funding.

[jjlinert]

I hope history won't repeat again. Unfortunately, it's too bad that Obama is getting all these Bush people for his team.

[wnxsilence]

No one has been able to conquer Afghanistan, its not possible.

If America falls into a quagmire Guerilla war in Afghanistan, the already collapsing U.S economy will grind to dust...which I hope it does.

[robjbray]

If the U.S. gets further into war and our attention is diverted away from the more serious global warming issues for another 8 years, I regret to say that the planet will go into an ice age and we will be plunged into darkness.

we literally have years to react in time or millions will drown.

[votethirdpartynow]

Just burn the poppy fields otherwise it looks like we are protecting them

The Brits and Russians couldn't win in Afghanistan, get out now!

[calicheSCOT]

Indeed. Afghanistan hasn't been conquered since Alexander the Great. Enough Said.

[2528997]

where the hell is the first part of the interview?

[NathanZackery]

I think it's the video called 'Obama and Gates.' They should post the videos are responses so it's easier to find all the parts.

[batflies]

ray is a wise person, great viewing.

[momerath42]

Great guest! He is so much better than your usual moderate liberals who seem to get their information from CNN, and then pose as skeptical and thoughtful, without actually questioning any assumptions (eg. was the surge successful?).

PS every time I see a "donate now" pop-up in the middle of a video that already starts and ends with a commercial, I'm going to put off donating for another month.

[kwillyou22]

can someone explain to me with the Sunni's and the Shiites hate each other so much? I dont get why they are fighting they're both muslims arent they?

[SubmarinerAndroid]

The Shi'ites believe that Mohammad's son-in-law was the rightful leader of Moslems after the prophet died. Sunnis believe the rightful heir was Mohammad's brother.

That's all.

[mo98183]

The division goes back to the days of the companions of the Prophet (p), when Muhammad (p) passed away, the majority of the Muslims gave their pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr, who was widely considered to best amongst the companions but not a blood relative. Certain people (who would come to be known as Shites) believed that leadership be retained via the blood lines of Muhammad (p), namely Ali. This concept is actually alien to Islam, as Ali himself gave pledge to the first, Abu Bakr.

[ziyarat4imams]

actually ali only gave alliegiance to abu bakr to keep peace and prevent war - remember this is only after the 2 kaffirs abu bakr and umar threatened to burn down ali's house...after they stormed in from the door, hurting fatima and killing her premature baby by crushing her between the wall and door... so ali had little choice BUT give allegiance to keep peace and prevent bloodshed and violence like how his wife experienced...by the way fatima died 6 months after as a result of that event

[mo98183]

Get your information from reliable sources...

[ziyarat4imams]

actually no this concept is not alien to islam - the shia-sunni split has been existent since the death of prophet (1300 years ago) and the concept of succession has been one of the most hotly debated issues since the prophet's death - one that often led to sectarian violence, sectarian war and clashes, persecution, etc. like its occuring in iraq

[mo98183]

The concept of blood relatives only assuming leadership is an alien concept because it has no bases in Quran and Sunnah.

[ziyarat4imams]

actually the concept of blood relatives assuming leadership is INDEED a concept of islam and is not alien, it was a concept evident in pre-islamic arabian tribes (son would take over after father's death), but the prophet himself said that the 2 things muslims should folow are quran and ahlulbayt - thereby declaring oficially that the ahlulbayt should take leadership (by which the first leader should have been Imam alsi a.s.)

[mo98183]

I'm not too sure where you are getting your facts from, but from what I know, there is no such credible hadith to such effect. But I know hadiths that say to the effect of "follow the Quran and my Sunnah" and not "ahlubayt" as you have said.

[ziyarat4imams]

I'm not too sure where you are getting your facts from (or those hadiths are probably lies and fabrications), but from what I know, there is no such credible hadith to such effect. But I know hadiths that say to the effect of "follow the Quran and my ahlulbayt" and not the bid'ah you refer to as "sunnah" as you have said.

so either it is a fabrication you are giving me or you are a liar

[mo98183]

Inshallah, Allah (swt) guides those who are close to him in his deen.

Wassalam.

[IndiaSevenSeven]

It was also featured in judaism.

[ziyarat4imams]

actually abu bakr was not considered among hte best companions, he was chosen to lead by an elite few in the event known as saqifa, the crimes and sins he committed after the prophet muhammad's death (including the sins he committed at te prophet's time) will lead him to become the second-worst companion the prophet ever had

[WhoRonPaul]

more ethnic cleansing

[freedomcorp]

Obama will have Afghanistan, Pakistan, Darfur, Iran ect.. as well. The false candidate will show his imperialist ways. Look at the hawkish administration he is assembling.

[billionaireby16]

Freedomcorp, respectively, do you know how hawkish and established JFK's Cabinet was? I was very shocked that the World didn't end during the Cuban Missle Crisis...

[redrajani]

strategic objective: gain/maintain full control over the opium trade (2nd only to oil in profits)

[EnjoyMyProfile]

this guy shares quite allot of fenotypes with RP :P

[NIGHTMAREuki]

i see you remember something from biology class lol :)

[EnjoyMyProfile]

It looks like they started cloning important people 70 years ago :P there are RP's among you!

[peymaania]

Oh fine, I'll get a night job so that I can support REAL NEWS! I want to support what you

guys are doing? How about if you folks HIRE

me, I'm searching for another job in this

lousy economy anyway. So What are you guys

waiting for? How about an interview at least?

[buckle99]

Hey!!!! Ray Mc got his hair back! He looks good now and very healthy. Nice to see this--he had us VERY worried of late.

[ngarey]

oh come on, he's not even president yet, lets not put all of bush's failing on obama yet.

[ObbiQuiet]

Omg, Howard Zinn is the real Christopher Walkin.

[BRANSCOMBEx]

hahahaa

[TimberGeek]

:-D

[bulldogger]

I'd like to know where Ray McGovern got the numbers he just stated "Iraqi deaths in the Tens of Thousands", it's well over a million Iraqis dead, so why is he manipulating the numbers to make it seem not as bad as it is ?

[ObbiQuiet]

"I'd like to know where Ray McGovern got the numbers he just stated "Iraqi deaths in the Tens of Thousands", it's well over a million Iraqis dead, so why is he manipulating the numbers to make it seem not as bad as it is ?"

Did you listen to him - AT ALL? To make it seem not as bad would be completely contrary to his point. It was probably an error, or he was referring to a specific time period.

Don't be simple. Please.

[bulldogger]

I;'m not being "simple", he said what he said, my ears work fine, and I know it contradicts what he was saying, I've watched many interviews with Ray McGovern and I've heard where he stands on these issues, this is why the numbers he gave seemed odd and out of place for him, and look at the date of the video, this wasn't right when the war started this is a couple months ago.

[dudeofopinion]

He was refering to the specific time following the surge. He said something I couldn't quite make out about the real number of total deaths. He knows.

[ThotAum]

The Real News should seriously cut those adds from their videos. I like the idea behind the network, but stop shoving it down my throat! They don't need a TV station. I don't watch TV. I don't own a TV.

This interview demonstrated something: people who know what they're talking about are worth listening to. The Real News mostly just interviews intelligent people. It's a great idea, but it doesn't need cost much money.

Keep up the good work; re-think your business plan.

[bushputz]

ThotAum:

Most people still get their news from TV and corporate media. The only way to reach the masses currently is through TV. I don't own/watch a TV either, but I still support Real News' efforts to reach a wider audience.

Look at the views for this video - it's currently 2,026 - hardly a huge audience. This kind of quality content needs financial support if it is to survive and thrive.

[freightmaster2]

un? are you a moron?

[FreakishDonQuixote]

Only an international organisation like the UN should be authorized to produce nuclear weapons grade materials.

[fergus247]

No people, governments around the world should recognise some fucking responsiblity so we dont end up with UN, EU and big socialist governemts everywhere.

[FreakishDonQuixote]

Sorry, but at this point of history it's pretty clear that nationalism and kleinstaaterei doesn't work. The UN was a giant step towards a more just world.

[fergus247]

A just world? How can you use force to prevent violence, isnt it the same thing? Where is the justice in that?

[stevenaudet]

Clashes of power would be even bigger. Have you ever hear of the Big ones. US, China, Russia, GB have a veto right in the UN (quite democratic isn't it) and no one would allow the other to produce nukes. So we're just going back to secrecy. The UN is a peace keeping organisation... not a nuke dispenser.

[SubmarinerAndroid]

Neither the U.N. nor any government nor any corporation nor anyone else should be producing or using weapons-grade nuclear materials.

We must work toward a total ban coupled with a program of dismantling all existing nuclear weapons.

Same should apply to bio and chem and ray weapons, land mines, 'conventional' large-scale destructive weapons, 'non-lethal' weapons used for crowd control...

The only weapons that should exist are the very small arms people might want to have for home defense.

[Kopaka3800]

We need large weapons, for future use possibly against asteroid destruction, plus dynamite is used in construction