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Why We Fight
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From the White House and the |
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United States we present an |
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This is the farewell address for |
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eight years as chief executive |
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Good evening, my fellow Americans. |
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We now stand 10 years passed |
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that has witnessed four major |
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Three of these involved our own country. |
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We have been compelled to create a... |
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permanent armaments industry |
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Three and a half million men and women are |
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Of this conjunction, of an |
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and a large arms industry is |
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We recognize the imperative |
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Yet we must not fail to comprehend |
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What are we fighting for? |
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Why do we bury our sons and fathers in |
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Our men are dying to preserve a way of life. |
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This religion, these rights, they are precious |
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WHY WE FIGHT |
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The United States is the greatest |
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And we have not an obligation to |
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but certainly do everything we can to spread |
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We shall pay any price, bear any burden... |
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to assure the survival and |
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- What are we fighting for? |
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Freedom. |
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I think we're fighting because it's |
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We are not talking simply |
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we are talking about the price of liberty. |
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We seek neither territory nor bases. |
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We fight for the principle |
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America's strength and military power |
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By keeping our military |
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we must, America is making a difference... |
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... for people here and around the world. |
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Our course is just. And no |
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we will defeat the enemies of freedom. |
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I was on my way to work and |
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which is elevated subway. |
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And as the subway heads to |
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where it makes a very abrupt lefthand |
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And when it does that the wheels |
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If you look out of the window that's when |
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I was sitting on subway, reading as I always do. |
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Train made a lefthand |
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everybody jumped up and start to gasp... |
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'Oh.' |
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And I look up and there's the building |
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I didn't know if that was my |
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tower 1 and tower 2 were in perfect symmetry. |
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And I didn't know which tower I'm looking at. |
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And I'm just thinking to myself you know, |
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I don't know how, but he got out of there. |
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He can't be in there. Cause anybody |
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Blowback. |
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It's a CIA turn. |
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Blowback does not mean simply the |
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It means the unintended |
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that were deliberately kept |
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So that when the retaliation comes, |
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able to put it in context, to |
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That they come up with questions like |
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The forces of evil declared |
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Since Pearl Harbor has there |
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Bringing the democracy under attack. |
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'Why do they hate us?' |
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Our government did not want the forensic |
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And instead shows to say |
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And the towers keep falling. Every |
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I've Come on the phone, I call the NBC. |
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I'm listening to your newscast. How many times |
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Don't you have any respect for the people, |
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Do we have to keep watching |
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fall down fifty times already. |
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Please stop. You are ripping my heart out. |
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...I guess people, that hate freedom. |
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God gave me two greatest sons |
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Why he took one back? |
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I'll never know. |
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I can hear you. |
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And the people.. |
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And the people, who knock these |
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Yeah! |
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USA! |
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Somebody has to pay for this. |
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Somebody has to pay for 9/11th. |
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I want enemy dead. I wanna see their bodies... |
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stacked up, for what they |
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On September 12, 2001, The President's |
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to discuss a military response to |
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The discussion included the prospect of a... |
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preemptive military strike |
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There was a moment when |
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There was a million people, |
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in favor of the United States. |
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We had the world behind us. |
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Now kids are dying. |
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Billions are being spent every month. |
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Animosity against United States is stronger |
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What happened here? |
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Is it just the experience of September 11th? |
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Or is there something else going on here? |
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When something like this |
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of this, you got to understand |
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We live here in the United States of Amnesia. |
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Everything is a blank. |
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Guatemala 1954. |
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The United States intervened |
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Lebanon 1959, the United |
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containment and the Middle East is threatened. |
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They response openly an unilaterally. |
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The United States intervened |
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There are so many theories |
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And why we really went in. |
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But when you look at the history of the |
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there is something we |
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the world and we've got to |
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Ronald Reagan invaded Grenada in 1983. |
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Last night I ordered US |
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This is not about one president or one party. |
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We fight as a nation because |
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And we then mention words like freedom... |
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and nice common values. |
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When in fact much more has |
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Just completed the meating |
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team and we've received the |
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The deliberate and deadly attacks, which |
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were more than acts of terror. |
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They were acts of war. |
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September 11th, 2001 provided a group of people, |
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deeply committed to the |
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The opportunity to implement plans |
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At that time a young Paul Wufowitz |
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under Dick Chaney, then |
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With the collapse of the Soviet |
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Wufowitz to write a plan, |
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That it was now our destiny that |
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there is no one who can possibly |
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It says, that's the way it ought |
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be to maintain and expand |
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That's their strategy, on 9/11 |
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It's not just simply a matter of capturing |
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but removing the sanctuary is removing... |
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the support systems, ending |
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The people who came in with the |
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were certainly prepared to |
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radical direction, I think |
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When September 11th happened, |
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his top advisors said to |
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'We need to rethink American foreign policy' |
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And I think that would have happened |
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But September 11th was really the event, |
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When I was in a Pentagon, when we |
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It was a very dramatic and terrible thing. |
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And it does change the perspective. But the war |
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There was a huge leap, a |
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implement a very calculated and |
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We must take the battle to the |
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and confront the worst |
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The Bush doctrine is that |
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conflicts, which would never |
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now have to be contemplated |
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If you saw the missile about to |
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kick it over before it could be |
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If you saw someone about to |
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you can shoot first, you'd |
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I don't know anybody who |
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So what's the big fuss about preemption? |
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March 19th is a night I will never forget. |
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March 19th is one for the history books. |
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On March 19, 2003, the U.S. Air Force |
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to conduct a precision airstrike |
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When we first got the phone call, all what |
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A high value target. It was one of those SAS, |
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The F-117 is an extraordinary |
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forward on the order of the President |
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First night od the conflict, the |
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All they had to do is be briefed, |
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The whole mission up to this point |
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I think they really didn't expect both of us |
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It's now 3:30, we have to hit the |
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The President of the United States |
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and they wanted to take |
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It's quite chilly and cold, |
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expecting any attack to come in from the south. |
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The choice in the timing is entirely now |
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The Bush doctrine is certainly not something |
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This statement that we are going to |
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that we reserve to ourselves |
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It is an extreme statement of what |
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World War ll is without question |
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme |
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Commander in Chief of |
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I have complete confidence |
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and Army of the United Nations will demonstrate |
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that an aroused democracy is almost quantifiable |
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Eisenhower was there and saw it happening. |
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He had seen the build up of the |
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I this war, more than any |
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on the side of decency |
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He believed very deeply in the |
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And felt that Nazism was a terrible tyranny. |
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And he brought this conviction |
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People waited for this moment the |
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We were on top of the world. |
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Europe was bleeding to death, Japan was gone, |
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So what are we doing? |
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At 2:45 in the morning August 6th, |
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It is an atomic bomb, it is a harnessing |
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The United States bombed the Japanese city |
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And three days later, they detonated |
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What has been done is the greatest |
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I can remember in the Pacific, when the word |
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99.9 percent of us were |
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convinced that if Japan was |
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one million of us would be killed. |
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Drop those bombs and they will surrender. |
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Well they were trying to surrender |
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wouldn't listen, because Truman |
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To show off, to frighten |
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of power in the world, to |
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Perhaps we were starting a preemptive World War. |
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Eisenhower hated the dropping of them |
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We just thought war was |
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I can not trace evolution of my dad's thinking. |
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He was complex, he was a five star general, |
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One night in July of 45, that day |
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my father about the development |
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He was sitting up in his bedroom |
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impression, his all emotions |
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He wished we hadn't adverted it. |
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In the background was the |
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two great powers to shape the postwar world. |
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Already an Iron Curtain had dropped |
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You see, we had to fight communism |
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So a decision was made that the |
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... permanently. |
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We lack the weapons to defend ourselves, build, |
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Quickly the government springs an election |
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a programme designed to make |
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From that moment on the American empire |
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In Burma and Iceland... |
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We were going to maintain dominance not just of |
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Europe, not just of Japan, |
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'Oh gee I wish, that I |
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'Gee I wish' |
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'And gee I know, that |
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'The crickets are singing a love song.' |
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What are we fighting for? |
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Fighting for continued freedom. |
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That's the only way we're |
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Why do we fight? I think that the... |
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It's just... the people who start the war, |
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I think we fight for ideals and what |
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Today we don't have a broad based American |
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People's confidence in the United |
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50 years ago, it's not what it |
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Yesterday USA precious celluloids, such as... |
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'Why we fight' orientation |
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You know it's interesting 'Why we fight' was... |
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actually the title of series |
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They were done by one of the great directors. |
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Master of the of the art of motion |
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The Frank Cappra films, even |
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To kind of build up a war fewer. |
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Americans fighting. |
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But given that it was |
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there were a lot of reasons |
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We are fighting for liberty, |
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Today, if you went downtown, to |
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people 'Why we are fighting in Iraq?' |
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Why do we fight? I 'm not quite sure, |
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but I think it's for |
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I'm not sure if we are fighting for the |
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Our government has more knowledge than I know. |
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I think everybody has the |
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And a lot of people think we shouldn't be. |
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What we're seeing is a disconnection |
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policy from the citizen, from |
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Why do we fight? |
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I wish we didn't. |
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This is one of my favorite pictures of all time. |
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Man Jason. |
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What can I do for my son's memory? |
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I'm not a millionaire. |
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I can't build schools and libraries. |
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I want to be able to do something. |
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So that hopefully one day, |
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and tell him that I've done |
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that hopefully will be a step in |
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After September 11, the Pentagon unveiled |
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The bomb is designed to be |
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My expertise is an explosive technology. |
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And so are a lot of my |
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When Pentagon called, my position then was |
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A bomb, it's the Norman cliche for bomb. |
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I find it's sometimes |
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'where do you work?' and I would |
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But our mission was to quickly weaponize |
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It basically was a big bomb, engineered |
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inside confine structures, such |
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We're gonna attack somebody, we're gonna |
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The question is, where are |
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Do you think that after an |
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is a better time to engage that |
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Iraq continues to flaw in its hostility |
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This is a regime that has something |
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The invasion of Iraq in 2003, is to |
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repositioning the United States as |
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It's an easy way to send the |
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United States is in charge and |
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And anybody who defies the |
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The decision to attack Iraqi |
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it was a bold new, it was |
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And technology was able to provide |
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Now we have received this new weapon, |
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And it was like the new |
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We needed something that was gonna give us |
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and don't worry about having |
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The whole of the city is |
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But nobody's moving on the streets whatsoever. |
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It's like everybody here |
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We really didn't know who was there and... |
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who was gonna take the blow |
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We both probably had our |
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We've got some indications that |
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Assassination, people sometimes |
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that maybe you can now assassinate |
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First of all, if it's a fixed |
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you have the time to understand its location. |
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The next hardest target is |
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and a single hardest target |
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Sometimes, before you can |
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you have to remove the |
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You have to remove Saddam Hussein, because... |
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there is no hope for |
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The point in many ways |
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to target Saddam, it was to |
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They wanna take the US military and go in and... |
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show up American interest in |
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And that's their vision. |
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They wanna spread democracy around |
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- Do you want Iraq to be like America? |
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What can I say? Some people |
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I want American streets, |
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That's what I want. |
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In the beginning we stood against America, |
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...who were welcoming America. |
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They said, 'America is a democracy |
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Before the war, frankly, |
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'Live, Live Bush!' |
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'Die, Die Saddam!' |
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'Live, Live Bush!' |
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'Die, Die Saddam!' |
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I think most Americans don't |
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...but I think most Americans |
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at least help to police the |
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Where the debate and controversy begins... |
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... is how far does the United |
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it go from a force for good |
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People complain a lot about American |
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But the great threat for the future is not |
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It would be American weakness |
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They do believe that this is not only for |
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... but it's for the long term benefit |
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We'll bring them American values, |
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But the way we're gonna do that is to take over, |
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even more than we did it at |
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Three, two, one. |
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Fire. |
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After the second World War the United States |
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And some American officer was |
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There was the subdominant theory that |
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... then the next place, and the |
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will fall as well. And the next |
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Once upon a time your hometown was safe. |
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But not now. It is possible for a rocket... |
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to strike your home, right |
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And what defense remains? |
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When my dad first became president, he came in |
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I think we have to put the |
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We look back today and we think that 1950's |
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But in fact it was very |
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Defense budgets throughout the western world, |
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The Soviets are outproducing |
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There is a threat, but we |
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is enough defense spending |
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So by the time Eisenhower is president, there is |
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He was the first to |
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military establishment would be |
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But then unless we could find |
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that in fact it would end up |
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The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this. |
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In modern brick school more than 36. |
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It is two electric power plants |
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It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. |
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We pay for a single fireplane |
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We pay for a single destroyer with new homes |
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This is not a way of life at all. |
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And then the truth is... |
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Under the cloud of threatening war it is |
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My father is president, yet |
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He used to say weapons take food from |
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So he was fighting with |
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For asking how much is Congress giving to. |
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I don't think we should pay one cent for |
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Eisenhower saw a starting to build programme |
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And his own ability to shape |
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was being hemmed in by these |
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And he was the President. |
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On at least one occasion Eisenhower |
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'God help this country when |
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who doesn't know as much |
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January 17, 1961 Presided Eisenhower's |
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My fellow Americans, this evening I come to you |
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And to share a few final thoughts |
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We have been compelled to create a permanent |
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3,5 million men and women are directly |
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The total influence, economic, |
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is felt in every city, every state house, |
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We recognize the imperative need |
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Yet we must not fail to comprehend |
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In the councils of government we must guard |
| 00:31:30 |
whether sort or unsort by |
| 00:31:35 |
The potential for the disastrous rise of |
| 00:31:42 |
You have to realise, this is |
| 00:31:45 |
great military leaders on his way out the door. |
| 00:31:48 |
At the end of his second term he says... |
| 00:31:50 |
'By the way, watch out for the |
| 00:31:54 |
People know that he invented the |
| 00:31:57 |
But very rarely you see the whole thing and... |
| 00:32:00 |
realise how utterly |
| 00:32:03 |
I think it's one of the most profound statements |
| 00:32:07 |
Just like George Washington gave his warnings |
| 00:32:12 |
My dad was giving his warning against... |
| 00:32:14 |
this military-industrial |
| 00:32:17 |
We must never let the wait of this combination |
| 00:32:40 |
BLUE ANGELS AlR SHOW Pensacola, FL |
| 00:32:52 |
CELEBRATE FREEDOM AlR SHOW Camden, SC |
| 00:33:37 |
Today, the United States spends |
| 00:33:40 |
all other discretionary parts |
| 00:33:43 |
President has asked Congress for |
| 00:33:50 |
Our country spends more on |
| 00:33:54 |
other 18 members of NATO plus China and Russia. |
| 00:33:58 |
From my point I think numbers |
| 00:34:08 |
2003 AUSA Defense Show Washington, DC |
| 00:34:09 |
This is the medium machine gun, |
| 00:34:15 |
I'm here to see hit-to-kill technology, |
| 00:34:19 |
It's a missile that goes up and shoots a |
| 00:34:25 |
These are my two daughters. |
| 00:34:27 |
President Eisenhower's |
| 00:34:30 |
industrial complex, his words |
| 00:34:34 |
He was worried that priorities are set by |
| 00:34:39 |
is opposed to what benefits the country. |
| 00:34:41 |
Name any plane part that would come |
| 00:34:47 |
Perfect, now we've never |
| 00:34:51 |
Which is really odd, because |
| 00:34:55 |
Yes, collusion with the military. |
| 00:34:57 |
You know, people sometimes |
| 00:35:00 |
budget as you got to arm the |
| 00:35:03 |
But for most people who are involved |
| 00:35:07 |
Competition for contracts between |
| 00:35:11 |
Industry has to have a bottom line that's black, |
| 00:35:17 |
So they have to find ways to interest the |
| 00:35:22 |
Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas |
| 00:35:27 |
There are factories, there are corporations, |
| 00:35:31 |
...to produce the weaponry, the ammunition, |
| 00:35:36 |
Raytheon Missile Systems Tucson, AZ |
| 00:35:41 |
The overall rate here on mission |
| 00:35:45 |
premier supply of solutions |
| 00:35:49 |
Our job is to provide tactical missiles |
| 00:35:53 |
Laser-guided bombs, Tomahawk |
| 00:35:56 |
missiles, veilings, which is |
| 00:36:00 |
The American way of war has been described as... |
| 00:36:03 |
overwhelming firepower, supported |
| 00:36:06 |
For every shooter out there, every man with a |
| 00:36:11 |
... providing the ammunition, the |
| 00:36:18 |
I don't guess I'm real proud |
| 00:36:21 |
bombs, you know, for what they're used for. |
| 00:36:24 |
I think about when I see |
| 00:36:28 |
that my hands actually help make that, you know. |
| 00:36:32 |
I'd rather really be helping Santa make |
| 00:36:37 |
We're trying connect our people |
| 00:36:42 |
in the plane, some of them are |
| 00:36:47 |
Is your son is reservist? |
| 00:36:48 |
Yes, he is reservist with the 6/52, engineer. |
| 00:36:52 |
Sometimes I'm okay, another |
| 00:37:04 |
You wrap the flag around every weapon system, |
| 00:37:07 |
every weapon system is |
| 00:37:09 |
Give the soldier the tools they need. |
| 00:37:15 |
If you had the same car year |
| 00:37:18 |
didn't change the car at all, |
| 00:37:22 |
No. But when they come up with something |
| 00:37:26 |
... and it suits what you need it to do, |
| 00:37:30 |
If you look at the weapons that were buying, |
| 00:37:33 |
new aircraft carriers, new |
| 00:37:36 |
You know for an attack, that |
| 00:37:40 |
cost of Al-Qaeda or Osama, |
| 00:37:44 |
We are now spending more |
| 00:37:47 |
A lot of what's going on is |
| 00:37:51 |
understand the larger architecture |
| 00:37:55 |
Mister Chairman and distinguished |
| 00:37:58 |
I am the US Air force programme |
| 00:38:02 |
Let's use the example of buying a weapon |
| 00:38:06 |
The action usually starts in the Pentagon, |
| 00:38:11 |
But essentially, everybody's working together. |
| 00:38:13 |
The KC-7678 can carry up to 190 troops. |
| 00:38:16 |
Basically what you do is you come |
| 00:38:20 |
The actual venue cost is |
| 00:38:22 |
You over promise what it's gonna do and you... |
| 00:38:25 |
underestimate the kind of |
| 00:38:28 |
We separately met with the companies |
| 00:38:32 |
Once the Air Force buys off on |
| 00:38:35 |
money to as many congressional |
| 00:38:38 |
... as quickly as possible. |
| 00:38:40 |
The B2 bomber has a piece that |
| 00:38:43 |
To make sure that if you ever |
| 00:38:47 |
... you will get howls from among |
| 00:38:52 |
I believe in this military, I am urging |
| 00:38:56 |
66 billion dollars for men and women in uniform. |
| 00:39:00 |
Well I just want to thank the |
| 00:39:02 |
... and aiding a hundred million dollars |
| 00:39:05 |
And that B1 has been a great asset |
| 00:39:09 |
The F35 joined strike fighter, the FH22 raptor. |
| 00:39:13 |
Because the military industral |
| 00:39:17 |
it's three. It's a military |
| 00:39:21 |
For a Congressman defence spending means jobs. |
| 00:39:24 |
These are manufactured in my |
| 00:39:28 |
Losing hundred defence jobs in his |
| 00:39:33 |
It's not just a hundred workers, |
| 00:39:39 |
It's the representative's duty |
| 00:39:43 |
I am also greatful for the work that |
| 00:39:47 |
has done to fully fund the |
| 00:39:51 |
God bless our contractors. |
| 00:39:54 |
It is our conclusion that |
| 00:39:56 |
is the winner of the joined |
| 00:40:05 |
We have a snapshot in time after September 11th, |
| 00:40:11 |
... that we're able to identify were starting to |
| 00:40:17 |
All of the top 10 companies |
| 00:40:21 |
had worked in the Pentagon or |
| 00:40:24 |
.. on the board as directors |
| 00:40:27 |
It's known as a revolving door |
| 00:40:31 |
Public officials go to work for companies |
| 00:40:36 |
... sometimes as much money as |
| 00:40:40 |
There's too close relationship |
| 00:40:43 |
I hate to use the word 'corruption'... |
| 00:40:45 |
... but it borders on it. |
| 00:40:48 |
of these individuals both in |
| 00:40:52 |
The number one recipient of contracts was vice |
| 00:40:58 |
... and subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root. |
| 00:41:00 |
KBR |
| 00:41:02 |
We're the army's contractor on the battlefield. |
| 00:41:04 |
Currently 65 thousand KBR people |
| 00:41:11 |
You know the military industrial |
| 00:41:15 |
people in the Pentagon and |
| 00:41:18 |
It's now increasingly got a |
| 00:41:22 |
Ham and eggs. |
| 00:41:23 |
Things that troops used to do by peel potatoes |
| 00:41:31 |
Somebody has to do this work. |
| 00:41:33 |
And the Halliburton thing is just an outrageous |
| 00:41:40 |
... the activities of a company with which |
| 00:41:50 |
Congressional critics are questioning whether |
| 00:41:54 |
The FBI has revealed, it is expanding its |
| 00:41:59 |
built tax payers for its contract in Iraq. |
| 00:42:03 |
And it now appears some of |
| 00:42:06 |
with a knowledge and approval |
| 00:42:08 |
Which would seem to contradict |
| 00:42:11 |
As vice president I have absolutely |
| 00:42:14 |
of knowledge in any way |
| 00:42:17 |
We did a report that took 2,5 |
| 00:42:23 |
including ten investigate |
| 00:42:27 |
...looking at private military companies and |
| 00:42:32 |
And we noticed that in 1992 there was a contract |
| 00:42:40 |
... Kellogg Brown and Root, |
| 00:42:44 |
Pentagon start using the private |
| 00:42:48 |
... support type functions |
| 00:42:51 |
duty, but even maybe some |
| 00:42:55 |
And the Secretary of |
| 00:42:58 |
Dick Chaney. So Chaney goes the contract out. |
| 00:43:01 |
Kellogg Brown and Root comes back |
| 00:43:06 |
For the next ten years they get 7 or |
| 00:43:11 |
I ran Halliburton and I'm |
| 00:43:14 |
This company brought in a |
| 00:43:18 |
US Congressman Defense Secretary |
| 00:43:22 |
to make sure that he could get doors opened... |
| 00:43:25 |
not only in Washington but in |
| 00:43:29 |
And yes, he becomes |
| 00:43:32 |
No question about it. |
| 00:43:33 |
Isn't that worth when from |
| 00:43:37 |
to 60 or 70 million dollars |
| 00:43:40 |
Are you ready to take the oath? |
| 00:43:42 |
I am. |
| 00:43:43 |
Please raise your right |
| 00:43:45 |
So we've elected a government |
| 00:43:49 |
This could be Indonesia, it sounds like Russia, |
| 00:43:56 |
And everything I just said is entirely legal. |
| 00:44:01 |
If I am sure of anything I'm sure of this. |
| 00:44:03 |
Vice president Chaney had nothing to do with |
| 00:44:10 |
He wouldn't pick up the |
| 00:44:13 |
in someone's ear, I know |
| 00:44:15 |
It looks bad, it looks bad |
| 00:44:19 |
more than once has overcharged |
| 00:44:23 |
That's wrong. |
| 00:44:26 |
How would you tackle from that? |
| 00:44:29 |
I would have a public |
| 00:44:33 |
So... |
| 00:44:35 |
What's that? Vice president's |
| 00:44:39 |
You probably have to take the call from him. |
| 00:44:41 |
Whenever you get into a situation where |
| 00:44:46 |
it has the potential to be deeply distorting. |
| 00:44:50 |
You don't have to show that he directly |
| 00:44:55 |
The door flew open and he took some |
| 00:44:57 |
It's to say anybody allocating |
| 00:45:01 |
of Defense knows who the vice president is,... |
| 00:45:03 |
... knows what his connections |
| 00:45:06 |
We have a process that has a seamlessness where |
| 00:45:13 |
... are so intertwined and interwoven |
| 00:45:18 |
The financial leads and the politically |
| 00:45:22 |
You do have to follow the money. |
| 00:45:24 |
If you follow the money here it's not so |
| 00:45:28 |
... so they told Dick Chaney |
| 00:45:31 |
It wasn't that. But you do get |
| 00:45:36 |
On October 10, 20002, the U.S. Congress passed |
| 00:45:38 |
right to use force against |
| 00:45:39 |
YEAs are 296 the NAYs are 133. The Joint |
| 00:45:48 |
You get a willingness to look |
| 00:45:52 |
American people, who have a son or |
| 00:45:55 |
deployed and maybe shot and |
| 00:45:58 |
They look at the cost benefit and they |
| 00:46:01 |
When politicians, who understand |
| 00:46:05 |
when they look at war, they have |
| 00:46:09 |
The defense budget is 3/4 of a trillion dollars. |
| 00:46:12 |
Profits, went up last |
| 00:46:15 |
I guarantee you, when war becomes that |
| 00:46:20 |
I don't know how you would want to assess |
| 00:46:26 |
But ultimately you have to |
| 00:46:29 |
the day, 'Does any of this |
| 00:46:31 |
... we are making valid and appropriate |
| 00:46:54 |
Why do we fight? |
| 00:46:57 |
I don't know why do we fight. |
| 00:46:59 |
Being a military officer, |
| 00:47:02 |
and look at who's with me and who's against me. |
| 00:47:05 |
My job is to make sure that my squad |
| 00:47:09 |
There's always gonna be people |
| 00:47:12 |
we do. And we can't stop that. |
| 00:47:14 |
From a soldier's perspective and stuff, it |
| 00:47:20 |
But it's not ours to decide. |
| 00:47:25 |
The first light of dawn is breaking above me. |
| 00:47:29 |
No exclusion to get, that the distance |
| 00:47:37 |
They know that something is about to happen. |
| 00:47:42 |
- Did you know what to expect before the war? |
| 00:47:46 |
- I swear to God, no. We don't know. |
| 00:47:50 |
We go out with the sheep and |
| 00:47:55 |
We knew that this time the consequences |
| 00:48:00 |
Because the threats were intense. |
| 00:48:03 |
This will be a campaign, |
| 00:48:07 |
A campaign, characterized by |
| 00:48:13 |
employment of precise ammunitions |
| 00:48:19 |
You also have to understand that in trying |
| 00:48:25 |
we wanted the Iraqi people to |
| 00:48:30 |
there and not be mad at the coalition forces. |
| 00:48:33 |
That's one of the great-great results |
| 00:48:38 |
The defense industry, with the |
| 00:48:41 |
we can destroy the target of |
| 00:48:44 |
And minimize collateral damage, which is... |
| 00:48:47 |
such in all composing term, |
| 00:48:51 |
Nobody's out there to destroy things. |
| 00:48:54 |
Just because I wear a uniform |
| 00:48:56 |
than anybody else, that's sitting |
| 00:49:00 |
I have the same family, I get up, |
| 00:49:04 |
The only difference is there's |
| 00:49:06 |
leave my family and go to |
| 00:49:09 |
We have the greatest fighting forces |
| 00:49:13 |
Our nation is blessed to have |
| 00:49:17 |
who voluntarily risk their |
| 00:49:25 |
'Every generation has its heroes. |
| 00:49:30 |
'Woke up this morning, I suddenly |
| 00:49:38 |
Hi, my name is William |
| 00:49:41 |
decided to enlist in United |
| 00:49:45 |
...and I'm gonna shipping out on January 26. |
| 00:49:48 |
The latest stuff that I've been going |
| 00:49:52 |
My financial hardships and my inability to... |
| 00:49:57 |
complete my education, |
| 00:50:02 |
Plan is simple, it just gonna be solved |
| 00:50:07 |
When Will first came in he was |
| 00:50:11 |
But he asked me a question |
| 00:50:14 |
and once he asked me a |
| 00:50:17 |
And then he showed me the |
| 00:50:19 |
helicopters and then like the |
| 00:50:22 |
I was like 'Wait, they got this?' |
| 00:50:23 |
At that point of time I explained to him |
| 00:50:28 |
You can take somebody right |
| 00:50:30 |
as the person has the high school diploma. |
| 00:50:32 |
He can come in, get a good |
| 00:50:35 |
I think once Will found out about that |
| 00:50:40 |
He was completely unlike what I expected |
| 00:50:49 |
Cause he told me that army recruiters |
| 00:50:54 |
The toughest part about recruiting |
| 00:50:59 |
What do we say we back-up with |
| 00:51:03 |
There's no smokes and mirrors around here. |
| 00:51:06 |
You fixed up my life real good man. |
| 00:51:08 |
Because of you I'm gonna retire real nice. |
| 00:51:11 |
Cause I'm thinking of it as a career thing. |
| 00:51:16 |
Every little bit of strife |
| 00:51:18 |
Every little inconvenience, I've always... |
| 00:51:21 |
Since I've signed the papers anyway... |
| 00:51:23 |
I just look at it as something that'll make |
| 00:51:37 |
AN ARMY OF ONE |
| 00:51:39 |
One team. One mission. One goal. |
| 00:51:45 |
BETWEEN 2002 AND 2003, THE |
| 00:51:48 |
ON ADVERTISING INTENDED TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT. |
| 00:51:51 |
You know the whole idea, you can be |
| 00:51:54 |
Look how it appealed to them. |
| 00:51:56 |
You're gonna learn a skill, you're gonna get |
| 00:51:59 |
It gives you all these benefits, |
| 00:52:03 |
We appeal to people self-interest. |
| 00:52:05 |
And then put them into a situation |
| 00:52:12 |
I don't really have a much of a blood family. |
| 00:52:16 |
Hold on. |
| 00:52:17 |
Hello. |
| 00:52:20 |
Yeah, Jimmy. |
| 00:52:21 |
I've got real good friends and they've been |
| 00:52:24 |
but not that supportive of me going in this. |
| 00:52:28 |
They try to give me boogie man stories |
| 00:52:31 |
As rough as basic can be, |
| 00:52:38 |
I've no word. |
| 00:52:42 |
Right now you have more of |
| 00:52:45 |
and particularly the middle class |
| 00:52:48 |
in this country than existed |
| 00:52:51 |
If you go back to Vietnam, |
| 00:52:54 |
of the draft helped prolong the war. |
| 00:52:56 |
As long as the poor and unrepresented |
| 00:53:01 |
We got out of Vietnam effectively |
| 00:53:05 |
and middle class kids were getting killed. |
| 00:53:08 |
First thing that happened was they |
| 00:53:10 |
And that solved the draft inequity problem, |
| 00:53:14 |
This is supposedly a Stealth |
| 00:53:17 |
will go into service by the |
| 00:53:20 |
And that makes the military much easier to use. |
| 00:53:24 |
Because: You guys are fucking volunteers, |
| 00:53:29 |
The objections don't carry as much water. |
| 00:53:35 |
In a period of increased tension, the advantage |
| 00:53:41 |
might represent the difference between |
| 00:53:47 |
I arrived in Vietnam in July of 1965. |
| 00:53:52 |
I was part of the build-up of the 50,000 troops. |
| 00:53:57 |
I remember saying to one of mine bodies: |
| 00:54:00 |
You know, this keeps up, they're gonna |
| 00:54:05 |
And he laughed, he said: What are you nuts? |
| 00:54:09 |
My fellow Americans, renew to cost elections |
| 00:54:14 |
against the United States ships on |
| 00:54:19 |
have today required me to |
| 00:54:23 |
of the United States to take action in reply. |
| 00:54:27 |
I was assigned to a helicopter company, |
| 00:54:31 |
I was a door gunner on one of the helicopters. |
| 00:54:35 |
It was quite an experience |
| 00:54:40 |
We're involved in taking people's lives. |
| 00:54:48 |
From the perspective of a helicopter, |
| 00:54:54 |
And you're shooting at little dots |
| 00:54:58 |
You're not shooting at somebody face to face. |
| 00:55:00 |
There's a blue shirt in the trees |
| 00:55:05 |
It's almost like they're not real human beings. |
| 00:55:09 |
They're objects. |
| 00:55:20 |
As the refugee of war, |
| 00:55:23 |
the suffering, the pain, that war could cost. |
| 00:55:28 |
I came here when I was 15. |
| 00:55:33 |
We left Saigon on the 28th of April 1975, |
| 00:55:41 |
I was very lucky to make it here intact. |
| 00:55:45 |
I always was very much aware of why I'm here. |
| 00:55:49 |
It's because our strong thirst for |
| 00:55:55 |
And the sacrifice of other |
| 00:55:58 |
A full scale evacuation have been ordered. |
| 00:56:00 |
But I do remember the |
| 00:56:05 |
indeed fell down, the Americans have |
| 00:56:10 |
America deliberately withdrew all the support. |
| 00:56:16 |
But I step down from the American people. |
| 00:56:21 |
I grew up knowing that |
| 00:56:25 |
you are expected to answer the call |
| 00:56:30 |
There was no such thing as: |
| 00:56:32 |
Well I wonder if my country is right, |
| 00:56:36 |
You don't grow up thinking that. |
| 00:56:38 |
You grow up saying if the bugle calls, you go. |
| 00:56:43 |
With time we find out this whole |
| 00:56:49 |
and nobody was really attacked. |
| 00:56:50 |
So you say to yourself: |
| 00:56:52 |
You know what, that's really crappy, |
| 00:56:58 |
There was no need to lie. |
| 00:57:02 |
We have been lied to in every military escapade |
| 00:57:05 |
frankly over the last 50-60 |
| 00:57:10 |
There's no battery example |
| 00:57:13 |
You had the President of the United States |
| 00:57:15 |
and the top generals in Pentagon lying about the |
| 00:57:19 |
Gulf of Tomkin incident |
| 00:57:22 |
About the casualties, about |
| 00:57:25 |
Anyone who has ever looked |
| 00:57:28 |
can see that the public and the media |
| 00:57:35 |
We don't like to think of |
| 00:57:38 |
but we're in fact incredibly |
| 00:57:43 |
It is not a view of ourselves that we wanna |
| 00:57:48 |
If the President and the military industrial |
| 00:57:54 |
if they all have decided that |
| 00:57:58 |
we need to drop some bombs or even put |
| 00:58:04 |
this is our ritual that we |
| 00:58:13 |
We have toppled governments, |
| 00:58:16 |
We've used intelligence |
| 00:58:19 |
and done horrible things around the world. |
| 00:58:22 |
And we have put up with the most |
| 00:58:26 |
We have prop them up, we even trained them |
| 00:58:31 |
Today's demon was yesterday's friend. |
| 00:58:34 |
All in the name of either the cold war |
| 00:58:45 |
It's basically economic colonialism. |
| 00:58:51 |
But instead of just taking over the |
| 00:58:54 |
We just go and have free |
| 00:58:57 |
to sell our products to their citizens |
| 00:58:59 |
or we're trying to mind their resources. |
| 00:59:02 |
We need to be in that country for some reason, |
| 00:59:05 |
therefore we're gonna talk |
| 00:59:08 |
But what's really going on is we want our |
| 00:59:16 |
HALLIBURTON COMPANY PROMOTIONAL FILM 1951 |
| 00:59:18 |
There she is. That's what all the fuss is about. |
| 00:59:20 |
Oil. That's kind of pretty, isn't it? |
| 00:59:24 |
Oil. Coming up out of the ground and |
| 00:59:30 |
The United States is the world's |
| 00:59:35 |
Oil is what drives the military |
| 00:59:38 |
Whether it provides the fuel, or the aircraft |
| 00:59:43 |
Control of oil is indispensable. |
| 00:59:51 |
There is a direct connection |
| 00:59:54 |
more than 50 years ago |
| 00:59:59 |
In 1953 the Prime Minister of Iran, |
| 01:00:06 |
The British were ripping off his |
| 01:00:09 |
He wanted a greater share in it. |
| 01:00:11 |
The British came to the new President Eisenhower |
| 01:00:16 |
Eisenhower very conveniently declared |
| 01:00:20 |
and we then set the CIA to overthrow him. |
| 01:00:24 |
Three days of bloody rioting |
| 01:00:27 |
The result was we brought the Shah to power |
| 01:00:31 |
that within 20 years had led |
| 01:00:35 |
Ajtulogh Almeny creates a government |
| 01:00:42 |
Then he said: I pray the God to cut |
| 01:00:46 |
In the after action report by the CIA, |
| 01:00:51 |
they said: We're going to |
| 01:00:56 |
We then made a puppet out |
| 01:01:00 |
Who was a friend of ours. |
| 01:01:04 |
We did so because he was anti-Iranian. |
| 01:01:08 |
He was very fearful that the revolution in Iran |
| 01:01:12 |
which spread into his country |
| 01:01:16 |
The war was extremely bloody. |
| 01:01:20 |
Unfortunately for Saddam Hussein |
| 01:01:23 |
At that point in comes the United States |
| 01:01:27 |
sent to Saddam Hussein by President Reagan... |
| 01:01:30 |
to tell him we will supply |
| 01:01:33 |
We will supply you with the weapons |
| 01:01:36 |
It is why Washington say: |
| 01:01:38 |
We know Saddam Hussein had weapons |
| 01:01:43 |
This is what we mean by blowback. |
| 01:01:45 |
He remained a friend of ours right up to his |
| 01:01:51 |
We became alarmed when he invaded Quveit, |
| 01:01:54 |
that he could also go on and |
| 01:01:58 |
The largest preserves of oil on earth. |
| 01:02:00 |
We station troops inside Arabia. |
| 01:02:07 |
Remember, Osama bin Laden had said: |
| 01:02:09 |
I resent the government |
| 01:02:12 |
Americans to defend Saudi Arabia against Iraq. |
| 01:02:15 |
At that point we began to fear that we're going |
| 01:02:21 |
With the second largest source of proven |
| 01:02:26 |
This leads us now to demonize |
| 01:02:30 |
to prepare the American public for |
| 01:02:44 |
I'm retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. |
| 01:02:49 |
I initially started in the Air Force. |
| 01:02:53 |
as a communicational electronics officer |
| 01:02:57 |
And once I joined the |
| 01:03:01 |
military affairs officer for Middle East. |
| 01:03:05 |
Things went strange from the |
| 01:03:08 |
Within a week or so it became clear |
| 01:03:12 |
This toppling was going to happen. |
| 01:03:14 |
And it was just the matter of |
| 01:03:17 |
up to speed and gain them behind this effort. |
| 01:03:19 |
A number of people from outside of the Pentagon, |
| 01:03:22 |
political appointees were |
| 01:03:25 |
And they were working Iraq issues. |
| 01:03:26 |
These political appointees that we had |
| 01:03:33 |
As Eisenhower said: The military industrial |
| 01:03:38 |
There's a military professionals, there is |
| 01:03:43 |
There is now fourth component, |
| 01:03:49 |
One of the little known |
| 01:03:52 |
palsy isn't really generated |
| 01:03:56 |
A great number of the ideas come |
| 01:04:01 |
From various think tanks like the |
| 01:04:05 |
Saddam Hussein. Here's the |
| 01:04:10 |
I wouldn't exaggerate the influence of |
| 01:04:14 |
That's a very small think tank. |
| 01:04:16 |
But in some respects we argue |
| 01:04:21 |
before the Bush doctrine existed or |
| 01:04:25 |
The group included principals |
| 01:04:29 |
a large number of people more or less |
| 01:04:33 |
And these people all know each other. |
| 01:04:35 |
They'd all work together before |
| 01:04:39 |
I used to write speeches for |
| 01:04:42 |
And we came up with this phrase that |
| 01:04:48 |
I reported on the Rebuilding America's Defenses |
| 01:04:52 |
The Defense budget was too low, |
| 01:04:55 |
that we've now ended up fighting |
| 01:04:59 |
What think tanks do is come up with |
| 01:05:05 |
That's what they're paid to do. |
| 01:05:07 |
Iraq under Saddam Hussein was a terrorist state. |
| 01:05:12 |
North Korea is a very special problem. |
| 01:05:15 |
They can build nuclear weapons and |
| 01:05:19 |
And we cannot allow that. |
| 01:05:21 |
These are states that are like host, |
| 01:05:26 |
Encourage international terrorism. |
| 01:05:31 |
This was almost completely adopted |
| 01:05:35 |
because the people who wrote this |
| 01:05:38 |
We must prevent the terrorists |
| 01:05:41 |
chemical, biological or nuclear weapons |
| 01:05:47 |
It is not at all accidental that |
| 01:05:51 |
in the 2002 State of the Union |
| 01:05:55 |
He includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea. |
| 01:05:58 |
So in a real way we have this new phenomenon |
| 01:06:02 |
where think tanks are now a part of |
| 01:06:06 |
what we used to think as the |
| 01:06:11 |
Eisenhower may well have been predicting |
| 01:06:15 |
If we didn't keep an eye on |
| 01:06:18 |
we would see what he called a |
| 01:06:22 |
People making policy, who have |
| 01:06:28 |
So throughout the summer something was |
| 01:06:33 |
In August of 2002 it was announced |
| 01:06:37 |
who had come in, made up this expanded Iraq... |
| 01:06:40 |
desk would be called the |
| 01:06:43 |
The Office of Special Plans was created |
| 01:06:48 |
in order to produce the |
| 01:06:51 |
and the vice president wanted |
| 01:06:57 |
The Office of Special Plans had one |
| 01:07:01 |
the set off talking points on the |
| 01:07:06 |
And we were to use them in |
| 01:07:10 |
exactly as they were written in their entirety. |
| 01:07:12 |
We were, myself included, very familiar with |
| 01:07:18 |
But the problem was when you look |
| 01:07:21 |
you could tell it was designed |
| 01:07:25 |
that Iraq and Saddam Hussein specifically |
| 01:07:34 |
to not just his neighbours, |
| 01:07:38 |
This regime has the design for nuclear weapon, |
| 01:07:42 |
was working on several different |
| 01:07:45 |
and recently was discovered seeking significant |
| 01:07:51 |
And that would be the statement. |
| 01:07:52 |
He's actively seeking it and |
| 01:07:55 |
But the intelligence actually said |
| 01:08:02 |
actively sought materials |
| 01:08:07 |
done anything like that in the past 12 years. |
| 01:08:11 |
The statement would act |
| 01:08:13 |
Taking bits of intelligence |
| 01:08:16 |
the qualifiers, without the rest of the story. |
| 01:08:18 |
And placing it as a bullet and |
| 01:08:23 |
There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein |
| 01:08:29 |
And this was given to us, |
| 01:08:33 |
we would prepare for our hire ups, two include |
| 01:08:37 |
The United States knows that Iraq |
| 01:08:42 |
The U.K. knows that they have |
| 01:08:46 |
Any country on the face of the earth |
| 01:08:49 |
knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. |
| 01:08:55 |
These guys were manipulating public opinion |
| 01:09:03 |
to inspire fear in the American people, |
| 01:09:08 |
The President of the United States! |
| 01:09:13 |
If war is forced upon us, |
| 01:09:16 |
we will fight with the full force and might of |
| 01:09:29 |
Evidence from the intelligence sources, |
| 01:09:32 |
and statements by people |
| 01:09:35 |
Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, |
| 01:09:41 |
I remembered when I was in Vietnam, |
| 01:09:46 |
Can you put my father or my son's name |
| 01:09:52 |
Can you put it on a rocket? |
| 01:09:54 |
I said: You know what? |
| 01:09:58 |
I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna try to do that. |
| 01:10:02 |
So I sent out e-mails to the |
| 01:10:07 |
I'm a retired NY City |
| 01:10:10 |
and a proud Vietnam Veteran. |
| 01:10:12 |
I lost my son on 9/11th. I |
| 01:10:16 |
what his loss means to me. |
| 01:10:19 |
I would respectfully request |
| 01:10:24 |
name on some piece of armament in the Iraq War. |
| 01:10:28 |
You know, we haven't caught Bin Laden, |
| 01:10:32 |
Who's responsible, |
| 01:10:35 |
Iraq was responsible. |
| 01:10:38 |
You say Iraq? |
| 01:10:40 |
Let's get in there, |
| 01:10:43 |
It turns out it's not that hard |
| 01:10:47 |
That even in the country |
| 01:10:51 |
there is freedom of information |
| 01:10:55 |
that an admininstration can just dominate |
| 01:11:00 |
We have this idea that we have |
| 01:11:04 |
There are so much that's not available |
| 01:11:09 |
is obscured by political actors who don't want |
| 01:11:13 |
Needless to say that President is correct. |
| 01:11:21 |
What's going on, I'm sorry to say, is a belief |
| 01:11:28 |
What your policy is? |
| 01:11:30 |
I'm working my way over to figuring out |
| 01:11:35 |
Limiting access, limiting information |
| 01:11:40 |
of those who are in charge |
| 01:11:44 |
And cannot and should not be accepted. |
| 01:11:47 |
And I'm sory to say, but up to |
| 01:11:51 |
that overwhelmingly it has been accepted. |
| 01:11:53 |
And Pentagon for many |
| 01:11:57 |
has worked extremely hard at shaping news |
| 01:12:03 |
We train people to say certain |
| 01:12:06 |
Our defeat and humiliation in South Vietnam... |
| 01:12:09 |
What they learned from Vietnam above all, |
| 01:12:14 |
because they couldn't keep it private |
| 01:12:18 |
After the Vietnam war the |
| 01:12:22 |
How can we make sure there are no more |
| 01:12:26 |
And we must find the way to no longer allow |
| 01:12:33 |
You get to the Iraq war |
| 01:12:36 |
new typical Pentagon called it embedding. |
| 01:12:39 |
Big gun fire coming from |
| 01:12:41 |
We've got to know these marines very well, |
| 01:12:43 |
we do live with them, we eat with them, |
| 01:12:46 |
But I have I think remained objective... |
| 01:12:49 |
The embedding coverage had flies and banners, |
| 01:12:52 |
but no one was actually finding out the truth |
| 01:12:57 |
I have great respect for the media. |
| 01:12:58 |
Our society is a good solid democracy, |
| 01:13:06 |
But I also understand that a lot of times |
| 01:13:10 |
We won't disagree with that, sir. |
| 01:13:12 |
Must this be really be honest. |
| 01:13:13 |
Reporters and news organisations |
| 01:13:17 |
They need the President, |
| 01:13:19 |
they need these people to speak, |
| 01:13:23 |
What you have is a miniature version |
| 01:13:28 |
They produce films about how |
| 01:13:31 |
how it's getting greater in every way every day. |
| 01:13:35 |
There will be a day of reckoning for the |
| 01:13:43 |
Ladies and gentlemen, the |
| 01:14:00 |
Saddam Hussein and his sons |
| 01:14:04 |
Their refusal to do so will |
| 01:15:03 |
I've only got what's left and I'd rather spend |
| 01:15:08 |
I got my stuff in storage. |
| 01:15:11 |
Except for this TV, a couple of weights there |
| 01:15:16 |
and this Snoopy soap thing |
| 01:15:21 |
That's just stuff I won't put in storage |
| 01:15:25 |
Never really had that many feelings of place. |
| 01:15:28 |
My mom lived here for a while. |
| 01:15:32 |
so all the feelings I had associate with |
| 01:15:39 |
There was a point when I almost |
| 01:15:43 |
I'm handing over the keys... |
| 01:15:44 |
Because she so didn't want |
| 01:15:47 |
I had spoken with her about it. |
| 01:15:49 |
I said: If anything goes wrong, |
| 01:15:52 |
I told her that. If anything goes wrong, |
| 01:15:55 |
if you pass away. I'm gonna |
| 01:15:59 |
Because as it is, I can't |
| 01:16:03 |
What I'm gonna miss the most, just a normal |
| 01:16:06 |
cause that's not what I gonna get from months |
| 01:16:10 |
And this view right here. This view |
| 01:16:14 |
I've been seeing this since 1990. |
| 01:16:16 |
I used to hate this view, |
| 01:16:20 |
But that's strange to think |
| 01:16:22 |
Probably not. That's just buildings. |
| 01:16:25 |
That's my friends who I'm gonna miss. |
| 01:16:28 |
I have two sons and I won't allow none of my |
| 01:16:32 |
If you join the military now, you are not |
| 01:16:37 |
You are helping certain policy makers |
| 01:16:47 |
On February of 2003 ten |
| 01:16:51 |
marched to demonstrate against the war in Iraq. |
| 01:16:54 |
The largest demonstrations in British history. |
| 01:16:57 |
2 million in London. 400 |
| 01:17:00 |
A million each in Berlin, Madrid, Rome. |
| 01:17:04 |
On this February day as this nation |
| 01:17:10 |
every American on some level must |
| 01:17:17 |
And yet this chamber is for the most part |
| 01:17:31 |
You can hear a pin drop. Listen. |
| 01:17:36 |
There's no debate. |
| 01:17:39 |
There's no attempt to lay out from the nation |
| 01:17:45 |
We have a Congress that failed in every way |
| 01:17:49 |
to ask the right questions, |
| 01:17:53 |
Our Congress failed us miserably. |
| 01:17:55 |
And that's because many in Congress are |
| 01:17:59 |
I would think Eisenhower... |
| 01:18:03 |
In some ways the military industrial complex |
| 01:18:10 |
This is about ideas and influence, |
| 01:18:16 |
Being seen in opposition to strong |
| 01:18:23 |
Not just for politician who |
| 01:18:26 |
but for an expert who wants |
| 01:18:29 |
for a journalist who wants |
| 01:18:32 |
on a front page of the paper. |
| 01:18:34 |
In this way we're strickting the level of |
| 01:18:42 |
Mr. Vice President, do you |
| 01:18:45 |
are prepared for a long |
| 01:18:50 |
I don't think it's likely to unfold that way, |
| 01:18:53 |
because I really do believe we |
| 01:19:02 |
Now we're just starting to see the |
| 01:19:08 |
As we approach the city |
| 01:19:11 |
In the past that would have been the bad thing, |
| 01:19:13 |
cause in the airfront 17 we |
| 01:19:15 |
So if you can't see your target, |
| 01:19:18 |
This day I had the enhanced TV, |
| 01:19:21 |
They couldn't see me, I couldn't see them. |
| 01:19:25 |
Still people are heading towards west. |
| 01:19:34 |
The target area was called Dora farms. |
| 01:19:36 |
It was a Presidential type palace |
| 01:19:40 |
I see the river. I know I'm |
| 01:19:43 |
where I was told I need to deliver a bomb. |
| 01:19:45 |
And let's just have a look at the scenes live, |
| 01:19:54 |
Pressed in across the target I think |
| 01:19:58 |
And so I let the bombs go. |
| 01:20:01 |
Those sirens... |
| 01:20:06 |
I think it's been heating up. |
| 01:20:10 |
We dropped 4 enhanced TBU 2000 |
| 01:20:17 |
There's the large blast. |
| 01:20:20 |
They both came off. |
| 01:20:22 |
I didn't notice anything at first, |
| 01:20:25 |
When the weapons flew out |
| 01:20:28 |
that this is the opening strike |
| 01:20:31 |
And I said: Well, if we did our job tonight, |
| 01:20:59 |
Honestly what we saw the first day |
| 01:21:02 |
And most of the doctors |
| 01:21:07 |
There were shrapnel injuries |
| 01:21:13 |
...all of them were civilians. |
| 01:21:16 |
In the first days of war, |
| 01:21:19 |
The first group was from Dora. |
| 01:21:22 |
The wounded were civilians |
| 01:21:25 |
...when an explosion happened. |
| 01:21:28 |
There's no question the strike on that |
| 01:21:32 |
We have photographs of what took place. |
| 01:21:36 |
The mystery of what happened begins here, |
| 01:21:41 |
One weapon clearly missed. Others landed just |
| 01:21:49 |
What happened was my son and |
| 01:21:53 |
In Dora. They were in a |
| 01:22:00 |
...and a missile fell on them. |
| 01:22:09 |
I think I was reading something |
| 01:22:13 |
And I get this e-mail: To |
| 01:22:18 |
from lieutenant commandor Stephen Franzoni. |
| 01:22:21 |
The private to the capral |
| 01:22:24 |
It must have been like 42 e-mails. |
| 01:22:28 |
And some of them was saying: |
| 01:22:32 |
Normally we do not take personal requests. |
| 01:22:34 |
Son died on 9/11. He wants to know |
| 01:22:38 |
Piercing it up Harry, this is Jerry. |
| 01:22:43 |
Joe, fairly easy, don't you think? |
| 01:22:45 |
Well, let me go ask Harry. |
| 01:22:48 |
And you read this whole list of e-mails. |
| 01:22:51 |
Sorry for the delay, but business is booming. |
| 01:22:54 |
The weapons don't stay still |
| 01:22:57 |
And finally it goes to this Marine Air Division. |
| 01:23:03 |
Can do. Semper Fi. |
| 01:23:06 |
I get back to pictures. |
| 01:23:09 |
I'm looking at the picture |
| 01:23:13 |
This is a picture of bomb and |
| 01:23:18 |
And on the side of it: |
| 01:23:22 |
And the story that this is |
| 01:23:27 |
and that it was dropped on April, 1 |
| 01:23:37 |
The weapons that are being used |
| 01:23:41 |
that no one ever imagined. |
| 01:23:48 |
A family inside their house |
| 01:23:50 |
Is that smart? Is that a smart missile? |
| 01:23:54 |
For a long time the Americans |
| 01:23:57 |
this idea of precision guided ammunitions. |
| 01:24:00 |
That we can now wage war and |
| 01:24:05 |
It's simply isn't true. The |
| 01:24:08 |
The precision guidance isn't that good. |
| 01:24:11 |
I would say is there a personal computer owner |
| 01:24:14 |
who's not had his machine bomb on him |
| 01:24:19 |
there's not a one who |
| 01:24:22 |
During the first 6 months of |
| 01:24:25 |
airstrikes were conducted |
| 01:24:27 |
Of these strikes, none hit its intended target. |
| 01:24:31 |
Now the military industrial |
| 01:24:34 |
He provided guys with all sorts of weapons |
| 01:24:38 |
that we can go do anything we want |
| 01:24:41 |
that'll do the job with |
| 01:24:44 |
But it's be as far as I'm concerned. |
| 01:24:48 |
NAJI SHEESHAN Director, Baghdad Morgue |
| 01:25:00 |
The yard of the hospital |
| 01:25:12 |
The corpses that we saw, ninety |
| 01:25:14 |
I have records to confirm |
| 01:25:17 |
Ninety percent were civilians. |
| 01:25:19 |
Children. |
| 01:25:20 |
I can show you in my books. |
| 01:25:23 |
This is the special record book |
| 01:25:29 |
Housewife... |
| 01:25:30 |
Soldier... |
| 01:25:31 |
Student... Student... |
| 01:25:32 |
Soldier... Student... |
| 01:25:33 |
Civilian... Housewife... |
| 01:25:35 |
Civilian... Civilian... |
| 01:25:36 |
Worker... Housewife... |
| 01:25:37 |
Worker... Worker... |
| 01:25:39 |
Child... Child... |
| 01:25:40 |
Housewife... Housewife... |
| 01:25:42 |
Housewife... Female student... |
| 01:25:54 |
There's no security, no freedom. |
| 01:26:08 |
Still seems like a dream to me. |
| 01:26:09 |
I mean we tell stories about it, |
| 01:26:12 |
You get some tough questions. |
| 01:26:14 |
You get asked by your daughter: |
| 01:26:18 |
And that's a tough one to |
| 01:26:20 |
When we saw him on TV, one said: |
| 01:26:24 |
I guess we didn't get him. |
| 01:26:27 |
How many times in a lifetime does |
| 01:26:33 |
to get the opening shots in a |
| 01:27:20 |
You got a weapon? |
| 01:27:35 |
So let there be no doubt |
| 01:27:38 |
27,000 MORE U.S. TROOPS |
| 01:27:41 |
U.S. TOLL REACHES 500 |
| 01:27:45 |
U.S. TOLL IN IRAQ CROSSES 2,000 MILESTONE |
| 01:27:49 |
With U.S. casualties mounting in Iraq... |
| 01:27:52 |
Bomb exploded and two men were shed |
| 01:27:58 |
Under fire from critics who charge he's been |
| 01:28:02 |
President Bush was forced to clarify yesterday. |
| 01:28:05 |
Now we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein |
| 01:28:12 |
What did you just say? |
| 01:28:14 |
I mean I almost jumped out of chair. |
| 01:28:16 |
I don't know how people got the |
| 01:28:23 |
Was he nuts? What the hell we go in there for? |
| 01:28:26 |
We're getting back for 9/11th. |
| 01:28:28 |
If he didn't have anything to do with 9/11, |
| 01:28:32 |
I was mad. |
| 01:28:35 |
My first thought is: You're a liar. |
| 01:28:45 |
I'm from the old school. |
| 01:28:47 |
Certain people walk on water. |
| 01:28:49 |
And President of the United |
| 01:28:52 |
If I can't trust the President of |
| 01:28:57 |
It's a terrible thing when Americans |
| 01:29:02 |
You begin to wonder what a |
| 01:29:04 |
There's something wrong with the entire system. |
| 01:29:13 |
The government exploited |
| 01:29:18 |
Of deep desire for revenge |
| 01:29:25 |
But I was so insane with wanting to get even, |
| 01:29:39 |
Undoubtedly there are people |
| 01:29:43 |
and think that I'm no good, |
| 01:29:47 |
I'm a war monger, I'm this, I'm that, whatever. |
| 01:29:49 |
I should never put my son's name on it, |
| 01:29:51 |
I should be ashamed that |
| 01:29:56 |
Am I sorry I asked for my son's name |
| 01:30:04 |
No, because I acted under |
| 01:30:11 |
Was it wrong? |
| 01:30:15 |
So is it regrettable? |
| 01:30:43 |
The reason we're in Iraq first has not honestly |
| 01:30:47 |
It's certainly had nothing to do with |
| 01:30:50 |
It was never part of the agenda, |
| 01:30:54 |
We know we did not have an exit strategy |
| 01:30:58 |
because we didn't intend to leave. |
| 01:31:00 |
We are in the process right now of |
| 01:31:06 |
There is this incredible point right now, |
| 01:31:11 |
and we are the preeminent power on planet Earth. |
| 01:31:15 |
American power and Amercan empire is actually |
| 01:31:23 |
where we rub our shoe in their face |
| 01:31:30 |
And you will work with us because you |
| 01:31:35 |
The world is changed and we're not |
| 01:31:39 |
I find one of the sillier ideas |
| 01:31:45 |
that American policy has been hijacked by people |
| 01:31:49 |
and as soon as they're out of there |
| 01:31:53 |
They're wrong about that. |
| 01:31:55 |
Because we're not the same |
| 01:32:02 |
We're walking on thin ice. |
| 01:32:04 |
We are creating the same path |
| 01:32:09 |
ever created in the western world |
| 01:32:13 |
The Roman Republic inadvertently acquired |
| 01:32:17 |
and then they discovered |
| 01:32:20 |
protect this empire |
| 01:32:23 |
Standing armies is what |
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It's his farewell address that they will |
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that we try to create in our constitution |
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The single most important article in our |
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to go to war exclusively to |
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of people, to the Congress. |
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Our Congress in October of 2002 |
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to give this power to a single man, including |
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And of course less than 6 months later |
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For too long our culture has said: |
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Now America is embracing a |
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Let's rule. |
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I think of the history of the |
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and our attempted democracy |
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between capitalism and democracy. |
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And there have been absent flows |
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You reign in those powerful forces, |
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of the government's decisions |
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dictated by powerful corporate interest. |
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Clearly capitalism is winning. |
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Due to this behavior, America will fail. |
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She will fail completely among the countries. |
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And another country will rise |
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I am not a political man, but that is |
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America will lose because her behavior |
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In my lifetime I have seen the collapse |
| 01:34:13 |
of the British, French, |
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They go down pretty easily. |
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What I want Americans to understand today, |
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the price of liberty is eternal vigilance |
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Since Dwight Eisenhower issued |
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about the dangers of unauthorised power in |
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We should take nothing for granted. |
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Only an alert and knowledgeable citizen |
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of the huge industrial and |
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with our peaceful methods and goals. |
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So that security and liberty |
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You gotta realize 20 years in |
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always to respect authority, |
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When the war started in Iraq, |
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where my values as an officer diverged. |
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I had to basically remove myself. |
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So, why we fight? |
| 01:35:18 |
I think we fight cause too many people |
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I'm not doing this anymore. |
