Naomi Klein on CNBC now speaking about the new movie

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War Inc.

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1. War Inc Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daFGJkKFevI

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2. Naomi Klein makes me proud to be a GenXer.....

She's kicking booty as usual.....Did you see her just get cut off by the CNBC freaks?

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4. Yes, blink and she's gone. There was an earlier segment

with John Cusack that was allowed more time.

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3. I hope that movie mentions that we've been in a state of war since 1942

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5. We'll see in May :) doubt it though. n/t

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6. What's funny is that its been going on so long most people take it for granted

Even progressives

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7. Many people do not even realize all that has been done in their

name and our press continues to deteriorate.

And now torture has become acceptable to so many people, speaking of Naomi Klein I think she gets it right here...

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1209-22.htm

"...Other cultures deal with a legacy of torture by declaring "Never again!" Why do so many Americans insist on dealing with the current torture crisis by crying "Never Before"? I suspect it has to do with a sincere desire to convey the seriousness of this Administration's crimes. And the Bush Administration's open embrace of torture is indeed unprecedented--but let's be clear about what is unprecedented about it: not the torture but the openness. Past administrations tactfully kept their "black ops" secret; the crimes were sanctioned but they were practiced in the shadows, officially denied and condemned. The Bush Administration has broken this deal: Post-9/11, it demanded the right to torture without shame, legitimized by new definitions and new laws.

Despite all the talk of outsourced torture, the Bush Administration's real innovation has been its in-sourcing, with prisoners being abused by US citizens in US-run prisons and transported to third countries in US planes. It is this departure from clandestine etiquette, more than the actual crimes, that has so much of the military and intelligence community up in arms: By daring to torture unapologetically and out in the open, Bush has robbed everyone of plausible deniability..."