"This is what we have done to Iraq"

(This is a clip from Rosen's speech before the New America Foundation the day after his article was the cover story of the New York Times magazine on Sunday, May 13, 2007)

From NewAmerica.net:

While the public gaze is fixated on the reasons for and success of the Iraq war, few policy analysts, commentators, and journalists are paying attention to the largest refugee problem in the Middle East since 1948. New America Foundation Fellow Nir Rosen-internationally recognized for his groundbreaking journalism on Iraq since the beginning of the war in April of 2003—will present his piece titled "The Flight from Iraq" which is the cover story in the Sunday, May 13, 2007 edition of the New York Times magazine.

The figures are startling—nearly 2 million Iraqis have fled Iraq for neighboring countries and another 1.9 million Iraqis have been internally displaced amounting to roughly 15% of the Iraqi population abandoning their homes. Meanwhile, since 2003, the United States has only allowed in 466 Iraqis. Compounding the damage to Iraq, the greater issue of concern is the destabilizing effects this will have on Iraq's neighbors who have absorbed both the refuges and the political and economic baggage that accompany them. This all leads Rosen to contend that the spillover from the Iraq war has already transformed the Iraq War into a regional conflict.

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[GrassrootsWorldview]

What qualifies as a good reason? I don't think there is any quick and easy answer to your question. The only way to get there is to educate yourself about what has happened since March 2003 in Iraq and then make a judgment for yourself whether there are "good" reasons. Absorbing the work of Nir Rosen is a great place to start. If you want pure propaganda, then watch any of the mainstream media channels.

[allthings509]

you're so clever, well done.

[rachelgolem]

Amy Goodman didn't go to Egypt because she was afraid Far Rosen would make fun of her if she got raped.

[Cheeploow]

I don understand!! What is all this American - Iraq all about. What happend? Was there war. What's the conflict?? Please answer!!!!!!

[Hkhan23]

the israeli soldiers don't gang rape and and behead them, they gang rape your children and shoot you in the head

[elprincipitooooo]

Yes, they did. Think of this: with all this occuring, do you think that Iraqis are thinking about protecting their natural resources from the claws of multinational corporations? The population has been subjugated, living in conditions of extreme poverty, and is now a perfect target for the entrance of the international financial institutions. Iraq will be molded under the IMF model, providing cheap labor, markets for comsumption of foreign imports, and easy access to its resources.

[damasgate]

"Let's all Agree to Digree"

Ali G

[chrisinmainz]

The truth hurts...