Rosen: U.S. occupation in Middle East is ‘imperialist.’

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from ThinkProgress:



Rosen: U.S. occupation in Middle East is ‘imperialist.’»

In Senate hearing on Wednesday about the future of Iraq, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) asked Nir Rosen of the NYU Center on Law and Security what advice he would have for the U.S. going forward in Iraq, given Rosen’s extensive first-hand experience in the country. Rosen declined to respond, saying he felt “uncomfortable” giving advice to an “imperialist power”:

BIDEN: Based on what you’ve said, there’s really no hope — we really should get the hell out of there right now. I mean, there’s nothing to do. Nothing.

ROSEN: As a journalist, I’m uncomfortable advising an imperialist power about how to be a more efficient imperialist power. And I don’t think that we’re there for the interest of the Iraqi people. I don’t think that’s ever been a motivation. <…>

BIDEN: (If we withdraw), the good news is we wouldn’t be imperialists in Iraq, from your perspective.

ROSEN: Only elsewhere in the reason. (laughter). … There’s no positive scenario in Iraq these days. Not every situation has a solution.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/rosen-us-occupation-in-middle-east-is-imperialist/

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1. added it to my sig line after I heard it!

Video is at rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/iraq/iraq040208_surge2.rm

statements here
http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/hearings/2008/hrg080402p.html

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3. Thanks for the video

My only response is Duh!!

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2. he was also on Democracy Now and other programs this week. nt