Anybody watching Frontline "Rules of Engagement"?

[alarimer]

About the events in Haditha. What struck me is that they used unsworn statements at the hearing. I assume that means they could lie without penalty? But I am horrified by the fact that they chased after and killed kids, especially. The Iraqis were not allowed to be part of the investigation and of course their accounts differed considerably. What an ugly business all around. I am not inclined to believe "our" side at all. I am watching this because I do not know if this is simply a knee-jerk reaction on my part.

Of course it's an illegal war anyway and far too many people have died at our hands. As far as I am concerned it is all a war crime.

[Bozita]

1. NBC's nightly news did a segment on tonight's "Frontline." I never saw that before.

NBC promoting a PBS "Frontline" documentary?

My DVR is recording it now for later viewing.

[Fredda Weinberg]

2. It's a good compilation n/t

[bdamomma]

3. a war crime and a genocide.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

4. it sure is a mess all around. the real guilty parties are the suits in washington.

[AlCzervik]

5. thanks for the heads up, it's not on here yet and i thought Frontline was in reruns

glad to know it's not!

[alarimer]

6. It didn't really clarify things for me.

It's a tragedy at any rate.

[AlCzervik]

7. i'll watch anyhow, Frontline is always worth seeing compared to the shit that passes

for tv these days.

[alarimer]

11. It's followed here by Independent Lens, also a good series.

Tonight it's about towns that expelled black residents, like Cumming, GA.

[AlCzervik]

12. i really enjoy Independent lens, i hope i can stay up to see it.

[malaise]

8. Bushco has encouraged some really awful atrocities

in Iraq in the name of his Jeebus crusade.
Wait until this all comes out. They're no better than Hitler and his goons.
Sp.

[Up2Late]

9. Just Starting in the Atlanta Metro! (10:00pm)

Looking forward to it!:kick:

[L. Coyote]

10. On the hour reminder KICK

:kick:

I'm in PST. News Hour starting here!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. Oh man, the mindset exhibited there

Here the U.S. military is OCCUPYING the country after an ILLEGAL invasion, and they're blaming the people for supporting the insurgency. :grr:

They try to discredit the eye witness accounts as "insurgent propaganda." :grr:

[derby378]

14. They're playing Murtha's comments right now

:mad:

[Orwellian_Ghost]

15. War crime

K&R

[derby378]

16. A familiar refrain - the Marine's gun "jammed"

I heard this about M16s in Vietnam, M4s in Iraq, and now that M249 SAW carried by that Marine in Haditha.

On the other hand, AKs used by the insurgents almost never jam, break, etc. It's a design that dates back to the late 40's, and it's still going strong.

[L. Coyote]

17. West Coast starts right NOW

[merh]

18. You can watch it online

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/haditha/

[vickitulsa]

19. Yes, and in my area, it will re-air at 12 am (Central time)

on my PBS station.

I knew I'd be watching election results tonight so I planned to catch this Frontline episode in the later timeslot.

I heard a good discussion on NPR yesterday about this particular program, not done necessarily as a "promo," but a good discussion with the guy who produced the episode. He took questions from callers and had very good answers. He seemed very unbiased, also, which made me want to watch the show even more.

Hope to be able to stay awake to catch the (new) Nova episode also re-airing right after that late timeslot for Frontline, too -- 1 am Central time -- "Ape Genius."

A reassessment of the intellectual abilities of the great apes

[cbayer]

20. Really makes you think

It's so easy to take an easy position on these things. Then you hear the story from all it's sides and .....wow, this is a lot more complicated than i thought.

Like Rashomon - one of my favorite movies.