Blackwater and the Nisour Square Shootings - Steve Fainaru
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/20/Steve_Fainaru_In_the_Company_of_Americas_Mercenaries Steve Fainaru, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, discusses a highly publicized September 16, 2007 incident at Baghdad's Nisour Square, in which 17 Iraqi civilians were killed by employees of security contractor ... Read more
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- -: Blackwater and the Nisour Square Shootings - Steve Fainaru
December 9, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/20/Steve_Fainaru_In_the_Company_of_Americas_Mercenaries Steve Fainaru, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, discusses a highly publicized September 16, 2007 incident at Baghdad's Nisour Square, in which 17 Iraqi civilian...
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- -: Toys That Make Their Way Into Combat - Ralph Osterhout
January 13, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Ralph Osterhout describes the "perverse symbiotic relationship" between the children's toy industry and military innovation. EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is ...
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- -: Afghani Perspective on US Intervention - Fariba Nawa
April 8, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/23/Afghanistan_The_New_Iraq Freelance Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa expands on how Afghan citizens view American intervention in Afghanistan. She says many support US presence, though some "actually prefer the Taliban to what they have right now...
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- -: Should Obama Continue Drone Attacks In Pakistan? - Hamad Mir
April 10, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/01/Resurgence_of_the_Taliban_in_Pakistan_Hamid_Mir Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir criticizes President Obama for continuing unmanned drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas, a policy started under the Bush administration. Mir claims that the drones have...
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- -: UN Legal Advisor Shamsi: Drone Attacks Harm US Policy in Pakistan
April 7, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/25/Afghanistan_Pakistan_and_the_Modern_Challenges_to_Use_of_Force_Law Hina Shamsi, a senior UN advisor on extrajudicial executions, discusses the escalation of U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan from 2008 to present day. She also addresses the disputed numbe...
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- -: Hooked on Camaraderie? Why Wartime Soldiers Re-Enlist
June 10, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/25/The_Perfect_Storm_Author_Sebastian_Junger_Discusses_War Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and War, speculates on what compels soldiers to return to combat. While the adrenaline rush of war plays a role, he says, soldiers often long for a s...
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- -: WikiLeaks: Military Is Skewing War Casualties
January 6, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/26/WikiLeaks_Press_Conference_with_Julian_Assange WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange discusses apparent inconsistencies in the reporting of friendly fire events as exposed by the Afghan War Diaries. Assange implies that U.S. soldiers are misfiling ...
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- -: Fatima Bhutto: America's Moral Hypocrisy on Terrorism
July 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/17/Fatima_Bhutto_Pakistans_Nervous_Breakdown Pakistani poet and author Fatima Bhutto responds to President Obama's speech announcing the death of Osama bin Laden, arguing that Obama appeared to ignore suffering caused by America's ongoing war on terroris...
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- -: President Reagan's Speech on the Soviet Attack on a Korean Airliner, September 5, 1983
June 15, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)This is an edited version of the full announcement. For the full speech and transcript, please visit http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/5859 More presidential speeches and transcripts available at http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches The University of Virginia's...
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