Last night, watching NBC news, I wanted to throw something

[raccoon]

and break the TV screen.

They were doing a piece on Iraqi orphans. The illegal invasion of Iraq by the US war has created a lot of orphans. (Surprise, surprise. Wars create orphans. Who'da thunk it?) The reporter was saying that he and the other corporate news hos journalists wished they could adopt them.

My thoughts? "They wouldn't be orphans if you mofo corporate lapdogs had done what is SUPPOSED to be your job!"

[ThomCat]

1. Very true. The corporate media could have prevented this war.

But massive corporations are making a killing by encouraging the killing, so the corporate media has marched right along and supported the lies.

[bluethruandthru]

2. Why not tell them?

It's time for all of us to let the media know what we think of what they're doing/have done with their silence and complicity. Call or e-mail... it doesn't matter. One voice is like one drop of water in a vast ocean...but if we all contribute our own drop...we'll eventually make a difference.

What do you have to lose?

[raccoon]

5. Good thought. I'll do that. nt

[liberal N proud]

3. I was watching that same piece

They said that after the first airing of the piece that they were "flooded with request to adopt." The went on to indicate that that was not allowed. WTF, people want to adopt these kids and they are not allowed?

But I should have had the same reaction as you did, the media is just as guilty in this illegal war as the bu$h regime.

[NicoleM]

4. I thought the same thing.

But then I thought some more. Is it a good idea to send these kids to America? I mean, we killed their parents. When they get old enough to really understand that, it might seriously mess with their heads to be living with their adoptive parents in the U.S.

[Kali]

6. Better adopted and loved by American parents

than left an orphan in left in the mess we have made of thier country. I expect it is quite the fertile place for creating a lot of REALLY messed up heads.

Having said that, I need to clarify - best world would have been no creation of orphans in the first place, next would be if we really did win hearts and minds of Iraqi people and perhaps had a hand in helping SOLVE problems (especially created by us) rather than exacerbating them.

Reality seems to be corporate war machine is "farming" future enemies in order to perpetuate the need for corporate war machine. How else can you keep the war on terra going if you don't keep them terrasts comming?

[katinmn]

7. Great movie on Iraq orphans: "Turtles can fly."

Came out in late 2005 and is set in 2003 just prior to the invasion.

The Repuke media should watch it to see what they helped create.

[populistdriven]

8. There would be alot more orphans if we hadn't starved them to death

During 10 years of sanctions - Wasn't the estimate over a million dead kids?

Thanks to us all those orphans aren't suffering.

:sarcasm:

[Nikki Stone 1]

9. Completely hypocritical story. I had to shut it off

I'm sick and tired of all these nice Americans wanting to adopt war orphans but not caring enough to prevent the goddamned war in the first place.