"Body Of War" - Cowardly Congress-Spineless Senate 2 of 7

Interview Part 2 of 7
Q & A with Phil Donahue
View it, in its entirety, at: http://www.q-and-a.org/Video/?ProgramID=1172
Read the transcript of the interview at: http://www.q-and-a.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1172
Also check the interview with the suave, urbane and articulate Dr. Hans Blix, maliciously maligned by the Bush administration, politely answer all questions on his NOT finding any WMD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RnQaVS_rRE

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

-Brian Lamb: - Chief Honcho at C-SPAN.
-Phil Donahue: Renown Talk-Show Host; exiled for being skeptical, Executive Producer, Co-Director of "Body Of War".
-Tomas Young: Honorably discharged Iraqi Invasion Veteran, T-4 Quadriplegic; Cenral character of this heart-wrenching documentary.
-Ellen Spiro: Award winning Director and Educator.
-Phillip Schopper: Documentary editor.
-Bernadine Colish: "..assembled the whole thing for us."
-Cathy Smith: Tomas Young's mother; Stalward physical/emotional/psychological supporter, tireless worker, and nurturer; with another son in Iraq.
-Brie Young: Ex-wife of Tomas Young, also loving, affectionate, reduced to acting mainly as a servant.
-Cindy Sheehan: Well known anti-war activist.
__________Transcript_________
Phil Donahue
Co-Director & Executive Producer

(BEGIN CLIPS FROM OCTOBER 2002)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We've learned that Iraq has trained al Qaeda members in bomb-making.
REP. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, R-FLORIDA: Saddam Hussein's regime trained al Qaeda operatives in bomb-making.
REP. STEVE ROTHMAN, D-NEW JERSEY: Saddam is now training al Qaeda in bomb-making.
PRESIDENT BUSH: We know that Iraq and al Qaeda have had high-level contacts that go back a decade.
SEN. FRED THOMPSON, R-TENNESSEE: ... senior-level contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda going back a decade ...
SEN. BILL FRIST, R-TENNESSEE: The Iraqi regime has been in contact with al Qaeda for at least a decade ...
PRESIDENT BUSH: Saddam Hussein is harboring terrorists.
SEN. HILLARY CLINTON, D-NEW YORK: ... harbors these terrorists, aid, comfort and sanctuary to terrorists ...
PRESIDENT BUSH: We know that Iraq and the al Qaeda terrorist network share a common enemy -- the United States of America.
(END CLIPS FROM OCTOBER 2002)
TOMAS YOUNG: I wonder if the Bushes and the people of FOX News, and people like that, had a big sigh of relief when the hurricane hit. "I know it's a horrible tragedy," they must have said, "but thank God we don't have to talk about Cindy."
My pillbox separates them out for the week.
This is carbon mazapin (ph). It is a nerve pain medication.
DAVID TINSLEY, CLERK OF THE SENATE, ANNOUNCING THE SENATE VOTE FOR THE IRAQ WAR RESOLUTION, OCTOBER 2002: Ms. Collins, aye.
TOMAS YOUNG: This is a drug called Coumadin, and it's a blood thinner.
TINSLEY: Mr. Craig, aye.
TOMAS YOUNG: This is Tizanidine. It's an anti-spasm medication.
TINSLEY: Mr. Crapo, aye.
TOMAS YOUNG: This is gabapentin.
TINSLEY: Mr. Daschle ...
TOMAS YOUNG: It's a nerve pain medication.
TINSLEY: ... aye.
TOMAS YOUNG: This is brupropion.
TINSLEY: Mr. DeWine ...
TOMAS YOUNG: It's an antidepressant.
TINSLEY: ... aye.
TOMAS YOUNG: This is omeprizol.
TINSLEY: Mr. Dodd ...
TOMAS YOUNG: It's for morning nausea.
TINSLEY: ... aye.
TOMAS YOUNG: And this is morphine. It's a narcotic. And in this situation the effect is not to get high, but to kill pain. And so, I have to take more and more of it to stop the pain.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LAMB: For a moment, let's talk about technique. All through this documentary -- by the way, how long is it?
DONAHUE: Eighty-seven minutes. I wanted it to be 85, because that's the length of the "March of the Penguins."
We knew we couldn't be tedious. We knew we couldn't do a rant. We knew we couldn't lecture. So, please, Lord, let them out of the theater in time to go to dinner.
And that's what we've done, 87 minutes.

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[chinchonchinchon]

Vietnam? L0L

Americans, expect to be kicked out of Iraq sooner or later. You are arrogant, and hypocrites. While in vietnam you sent your white and black sons to fight for "freedom", back home they couldn't live at peace with each other..It took Martin Luther King to achieve a better lifestyle...No bullets needed, oH yes, to kill King, yes...

[megapraimturvo]

congress are a bunch of cowards.....

[Badwolf182]

Bush weapon of mass destruction.

Bush is responsbile for the deaths of 1.2 million Iraq's and 10,000 Afghanis!

Charge Bush and his cronies including Obama - NOW

BTW the link for the full video doesnt courtesy of Zionist pigs

LOVE DONOHUE! RESPECT

[sjnagele]

@SumNJFella i believe robert byrd was in the senate

[manoman0]

Why not just read the Constitution and Bill Of Rights instead of slumming around in bars on weekend. I mean, just for a change? You point your fingers at politicians and ask for change? You know what? Nothing will change. Not one thing. Because you are pointing to OTHERS asking them to change. Read the C & BoR and YOU will start to change. Wouldn't that be "self responsability"? Is it responsable to point at others? No. And that's why namecalling will never work. Easy, actually...

[SumNJFella]

robert byrd is the only one in the house that actually gave a fuck about the presidents plans to go to war

[jobedied]

Of course world peace is impossible the corporations love the profits of protracted wars. As we continue to accidentally bomb civilians and create such a strong loving feeling from so many segments of the world, you can rest assured your children and grand children will be fighting enemies for next 5 decades. But at least 1% of our population will get filthy rich from war bucks. Thank God for capitalism that works for our top 1%.

[mfg0308]

world peace, what a warm fuzzy feeling that will be. Try reasoning with someone who has been raised to kill you.. good luck. It doesn't take a genius to figure out world peace is unattainable, infact.. if you see signs of world peace being achieved you have a very good reason to be concerned.

[LovesPeece]

LOVE is ALL you need...

Peace...

please view my video's to be changed<3

[curlyfry44]

Phil D......THANK YOU!!!!You Rock!!!!

[megapraimturvo]

those that voted for the war.....