OCCUPATION
a shortfilm by Eric Blumrich
PRESS PLAY
WHEN THE RAINBOW ISN”T ENOUGH
by Malik Isasis
Now that the Democratic Party has assumed control of the 110th Congress it is time that they mature and begin to use their own language to frame what is going on in the Middle East. They can no longer recycle the neocons’ language when discussing Iraq. They lose the debate the moment they begin to parrot the carefully polled language of the conservative cabal.
Example: “The War in Iraq.”
Democrats need to drop the use of the word ‘war.’ War is often connected to American heroism and duty, it also suggests a win or lose outcome. It’s powerful, which is why the Bush Public Relation Administration and conservatives frame Iraq using words such as victory and defeat.
Project on Defense Alternative stated in a research paper titled, “Vicious Circle: The Dynamics of Occupation and Resistance in Iraq:”
“[Iraqi]Public discontent is the water in which the insurgents swim. Polls show that a large majority of Iraqis have little faith in coalition troops and view them as occupiers, not liberators. There is significant support for attacks on foreign troops and a large majority of Iraqis want them to leave within a year. But attitudes about the occupation vary significantly among communities.”
There is no Iraq war.
There is an Iraq Occupation. A military occupation is defined as a condition in which territory is under the effective control of a foreign-armed force. This is a fact on the ground, and a fact the Democrats have to use to accurately define policy in Iraq.
When a child’s head is blown off, her family will make no distinction between Republican or Democrat.
The Republican storm has past, but the rainbow left behind isn’t enough. The Democratic Party must take responsibility for correcting the daily tragedy of this Occupation by ending it and drawing up articles of impeachment against President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
a shortfilm by Eric Blumrich
PRESS PLAY
WHEN THE RAINBOW ISN”T ENOUGH
by Malik Isasis
Now that the Democratic Party has assumed control of the 110th Congress it is time that they mature and begin to use their own language to frame what is going on in the Middle East. They can no longer recycle the neocons’ language when discussing Iraq. They lose the debate the moment they begin to parrot the carefully polled language of the conservative cabal.
Example: “The War in Iraq.”
Democrats need to drop the use of the word ‘war.’ War is often connected to American heroism and duty, it also suggests a win or lose outcome. It’s powerful, which is why the Bush Public Relation Administration and conservatives frame Iraq using words such as victory and defeat.
Project on Defense Alternative stated in a research paper titled, “Vicious Circle: The Dynamics of Occupation and Resistance in Iraq:”
“[Iraqi]Public discontent is the water in which the insurgents swim. Polls show that a large majority of Iraqis have little faith in coalition troops and view them as occupiers, not liberators. There is significant support for attacks on foreign troops and a large majority of Iraqis want them to leave within a year. But attitudes about the occupation vary significantly among communities.”
There is no Iraq war.
There is an Iraq Occupation. A military occupation is defined as a condition in which territory is under the effective control of a foreign-armed force. This is a fact on the ground, and a fact the Democrats have to use to accurately define policy in Iraq.
When a child’s head is blown off, her family will make no distinction between Republican or Democrat.
The Republican storm has past, but the rainbow left behind isn’t enough. The Democratic Party must take responsibility for correcting the daily tragedy of this Occupation by ending it and drawing up articles of impeachment against President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
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