Voice of Art - Iraq Veterans Against the War, Pt. 1

Meet the artists: members Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) Chicago chapter. Hear their stories of service and struggle. Learn why they now protest the wars they once participated in.

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[Caribgrl7]

Skateboard P,

Art is taken for granted by most people. In the school system its brushed off, not considered a necessity. What everyone needs to understand is that its just as important as math or science.

We also need to appreciate art more in our everyday lives, stop and smell the flowers, literally. Because to me art isn't just man made, its Godly and occurs in nature.

If everyone took the time to express themselves creatively maybe this world be a happier place.

[iamOTHER]

Agree. The more we let art feed our curiosity, the better we'll all be. —Pharrell

[Linde De La Cruz]

Art affects my life on a daily basis; it inspires me to travel and see the world from other people’s viewpoints, to understand life. I think it’s an expression of people’s sentiments in ways that no words can describe, we do communicate more using visual cues than conversation anyway. It can be very powerful, having the ability to change a person’s feelings towards any particular subject, such as this war.

Thank You Pharrell for putting this out there. Appreciate it ☺

[iamOTHER]

Travel...so happy you brought that up. Whether it's another country or another neighborhood in your city, the more you make it a priority to learn about other places, the more your mind will thank you. When art can inspire you to learn other people's viewpoints to understand more about life, that's amazing. —Pharrell

[VDOCer]

what age group, if any, do you think needs the cultivation of art psyche the most?

[iamOTHER]

All age groups, art needs to be a part of everyone's life as early as possible. —Pharrell

[jbravo41]

8:25 "Nato Generals tasked with building freedom and democracy" Yeah right.......LOL !!!

[swimtech4me]

EVERYTHING they said was true! Initially, we went to war looking for WMD's but now what? Drones killing children & civilians? Not justified. Obama is just finishing what the Bush family started. Btw, 9/11 was an inside job

[Mike2020able]

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[Mike2020able]

AMERICA WAKES UP .

Watch > 911 Attack was conducted by israel > on YouTube .

[crudhousefull]

People are talking about the fucking US military deaths? Lol. Any cunt that sets foot in another land to kill those people...don't really care for them. Let's hear more about the 500,000 dead Iraqis. Those people, I really care for.

[Valida Carroll]

so disturbing that this video only has 18000 views...if you threw a "cute kitten" in the title I bet you'd be at 2 mil by now...the world's value system is in a serious crisis...

[TheTollundWoman]

well, you're correct unfortunately that the US and USSR and both Germanys all supported Saddam Hussein. and I wish the men responsible for this collaboration, were brought to justice or condemned. but I still think it is a good thing Saddam Hussein is out of power, even if the US did it for imperialist reasons, they still saved a lot of people's lives by ending the dictatorship.

[Brass Beats]

You are a wise individual and you know your history! I hope things work out for your country! I think what's coming next after all of this and after the US is completely bankrupt and the American dollar fully collapses is a one government system where we will all be ruled by very smart and cunning people.Right now the US is still able to play referee, but many war crimes are being committed in our name, and I don't think our economy will last much longer. Thanks for the great discussion!!!

[Brass Beats]

I fully understand your points!!! I can only say that the US and British governments also put many of these dictatorships in power, and after the people they empowered commit the acts that they place them into power to do, then they come back killing many civilians claiming to save the country from their appointee!

[TheTollundWoman]

In the 1930s in France there was a fascist organization called the Action Francaise- Michel Aflaq, founder of the Ba'ath party, was a strong admirer of them. This organization had a slogan, "Better Hitler than Blum" (Leon Blum was the Jewish prime minister of France.) and it seems like now, most of the Left- which used to be anti-fascist- is using a similar slogan. "Better Saddam than Talabani", you say. well, this is an insult to the people of Iraq and of the entire world.