Glenn Greenwald on Iraq: Is U.S. "Humanitarianism" Only Summoned to Control Oil-rich Areas?

[KoKo]

Glenn Greenwald on Iraq: Is U.S. "Humanitarianism" Only Summoned to Control Oil-rich Areas?

Published on Aug 13, 2014
http://www.democracynow.org - We discuss the situation in Iraq with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald. In a recent article for The Intercept, "U.S. 'Humanitarian' Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual," Greenwald reviews news headlines related to U.S. military action in Iraq over the past two decades. He cites a 1991 New York Times headline, "U.S. and Allies Open Air War on Iraq; Bomb Baghdad and Kuwaiti Targets; 'No Choice' But Force, Bush Declares," and a CNN headline from 2003 titled, "Blair Likens Saddam to Hitler." Then, closer to the present, he cites a Daily Beast story titled, "ISIS 'Worse Than Al Qaeda,' Says Top State Department Official."

Watch all the Democracy Now! reports about U.S. military involvement in Iraq over the past decade in our archive: http://www.democracynow.org/topics/Iraq

[Katashi_itto]

1. Pretty much. If Ferguson had real resources you could bet the Federal Govt would get involved.

[Doctor_J]

2. The president said today that the drone killing were to protect US interests

I really wish he would stop saying things that Bush would say

[Thinkingabout]

3. How much oll comes from Israel?