"Iraq War" - Excerpt from Newsnight film 2008

BBC America's Newsnight presents a powerful film that takes a rarely seen look at the daily lives of a group of U.S. troops fighting in Sadr City and the Shula district. Sean Smith, a film-maker working for the British Guardian newspaper, spent the past summer living alongside American troops with incredible access to their work and recreational lives. His film includes intimate first person accounts from the soldiers that expose their exhaustion and disillusionment with the war.

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[grimblebrumble17889]

@IDFArmor hahahahahahahahahahahah sure it did sweetheart. What with all those weapons of mass destruction they had after all. ahhahahahahahahah Its like a really bad joke.

[xIONxGAMINGx]

@fckliberalS7 Yeah youre right 

[exxcalibur1973]

The other reasons included : oil . a family grudge. the military industry in the US.

Threat to the US ? How about the many people in Africa who never received the same 'protection'?

Be dumber imho. It makes the rest of us look good.

[IDFArmor]

@haszK

it posed a threat to american interests and allies, eliminating the regime of saddam hussein saved many american and innocent lives in the long run.

[daltonsbadboy]

@haszK Iraq, at the time REFUSED to let weapons inspectors inspect which was one

of the reasons for going in.....the other reason is that Husein was killing and torturing his own people....the latter reason alone should suffice in going to war....to protect innocent people...the bible says "There is no greater love than that a brother will sacrifice his life to save another". I am aware of the conspiracy theories, but protectin innocent people SHOULD be reason enough to go to war to Iraq...

[haszK]

@cheffie46

I think it is more that Soliders are realizing that this is an unjust war wages against a country that posed no real threat to the United States.

[haszK]

@fckliberalS7

The whole attidute that people have about war now is sad. Since all of the "cool" video games have come out people think that war is "cool". It is not my friend, the end of human life is never " cool".

[haszK]

@fckliberalS7

I deployed to Iraq and after doing some research on some facts I do believe that this war is wrong. To my knowledge Iraq was not a treat to the United States. This war has become an endless cycle of death.

[Kampfer1445]

What you say is correct. This 'documentary' is conducted by someone working for the Guardian, a left-wing UK newspaper, so nothing in it shouldn't be taken seriously; it reeks liberal manipulation.

[fckliberalS7]

Its retarded. I mean this is obviously one sided. My uncle has served in Iraq ans Afghanistan numerous times. I have met the people he commands and not one of them said they were against it. They all wanted to go back. Yes, there are soldiers who are against it but they are few compared to those who are for it. This camera man who supposedly let them speak for themselves probably chose a select few who were against it to be in it.