...I'd like to remind the war mongers we have been through all this before. The kidnappings, the beheadings and the dysfunctional Iraqi military units. We have been though this over and over and over again in the Middle East. There is absolutely no reason to repeat the same mistake.
Pentagon Requests More Troops; Interview With Anna Quindlen (click here)
This is from the transcripts of CNN's Newsnight with Aaron Brown in April of 2004, more that a year after the "W"rongful invasion into Iraq. I'd like the media to remember the years of George Walker Bush was hell in this country and it was hell for more reason than the Iraq War. There were report cards that were spawned to bring the message that regardless of what the administration was saying they were lying. There were all kind of coping within the media itself in order to survive those horrible years.
Violence in Iraq Continues Despite Shakey Ceasefire (click here)
This was nearly ten years ago and I am confident if the press back in the day recalls their practice, it was oppressive and controlled and creative in order to get a message out to the American public and voter.
It is the same old song. Enough already.
Aired April 12, 2004 - 22:00 ET
By CNN NEWSNIGHT with AARON BROWN
...In less than two weeks, (click here) American forces have taken more casualties than during any period since the invasion a year ago and things look almost as bad for thousands of contractors, American and otherwise, now the target of shadowy kidnappers, in all the makings of a dangerous and uncertain month and it is barely half begun.So, as it has so many times before, the program and the whip begin in Baghdad. CNN's Jim Clancy has the watch this morning. We'll join him shortly.We also are at the Pentagon where the concern is for thousands of American troops not coming home, as well as the shortcomings of their Iraqi counterparts. Jamie McIntyre has that angle on the story, Jamie the headline.
JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN SR. PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anderson, with the failure of one Iraqi Army battalion to report for battle and the poor performance of other units, the Pentagon is moving to stiffen their resolve and, at the same time, bolster its own troop levels in Iraq too -- Anderson.
COOPER: Jamie, back to you shortly. More fireworks expected in the 9/11 hearings. CNN's David Ensor with a preview for us tonight and a headline -- David.
DAVID ENSOR, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anderson, the witnesses tomorrow will be the leadership, law enforcement leadership of the Bush administration and of the previous Clinton administration and they'll be some very tough questions about how the FBI failed to connect the dots before 9/11. The commission is also now trying to get another presidential daily brief made public. This one was a briefing to President Clinton back in 1998 -- Anderson.
COOPER: All right, David, check back with you shortly, back with all of you.Also ahead on the program tonight the story of Thomas Hamill, an American contractor who went to Iraq to make ends meet back home and who is now a hostage of forces unknown....
Pentagon Requests More Troops; Interview With Anna Quindlen (click here)
This is from the transcripts of CNN's Newsnight with Aaron Brown in April of 2004, more that a year after the "W"rongful invasion into Iraq. I'd like the media to remember the years of George Walker Bush was hell in this country and it was hell for more reason than the Iraq War. There were report cards that were spawned to bring the message that regardless of what the administration was saying they were lying. There were all kind of coping within the media itself in order to survive those horrible years.
Violence in Iraq Continues Despite Shakey Ceasefire (click here)
This was nearly ten years ago and I am confident if the press back in the day recalls their practice, it was oppressive and controlled and creative in order to get a message out to the American public and voter.
It is the same old song. Enough already.
Aired April 12, 2004 - 22:00 ET
By CNN NEWSNIGHT with AARON BROWN
...In less than two weeks, (click here) American forces have taken more casualties than during any period since the invasion a year ago and things look almost as bad for thousands of contractors, American and otherwise, now the target of shadowy kidnappers, in all the makings of a dangerous and uncertain month and it is barely half begun.So, as it has so many times before, the program and the whip begin in Baghdad. CNN's Jim Clancy has the watch this morning. We'll join him shortly.We also are at the Pentagon where the concern is for thousands of American troops not coming home, as well as the shortcomings of their Iraqi counterparts. Jamie McIntyre has that angle on the story, Jamie the headline.
JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN SR. PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anderson, with the failure of one Iraqi Army battalion to report for battle and the poor performance of other units, the Pentagon is moving to stiffen their resolve and, at the same time, bolster its own troop levels in Iraq too -- Anderson.
COOPER: Jamie, back to you shortly. More fireworks expected in the 9/11 hearings. CNN's David Ensor with a preview for us tonight and a headline -- David.
DAVID ENSOR, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anderson, the witnesses tomorrow will be the leadership, law enforcement leadership of the Bush administration and of the previous Clinton administration and they'll be some very tough questions about how the FBI failed to connect the dots before 9/11. The commission is also now trying to get another presidential daily brief made public. This one was a briefing to President Clinton back in 1998 -- Anderson.
COOPER: All right, David, check back with you shortly, back with all of you.Also ahead on the program tonight the story of Thomas Hamill, an American contractor who went to Iraq to make ends meet back home and who is now a hostage of forces unknown....
