FRONTLINE will broadcast a two hour special Monday evening on "the background and possible consequences of the impending war with Iraq." The program will be followed by What's Next For Iraq: A NOW With Bill Moyers Special Edition. Both programs will be broadcast on PBS.
"In The Long Road to War, FRONTLINE draws on more than 12 years of its reporting on Iraq to relate the history of the U.S. confrontation with Saddam Hussein. The two-hour special examines the mind and methods of Saddam, how the West armed Iraq, the origins of the first Gulf War and its ragged end, the frustrating effort to disarm Iraq through U.N. inspections, how Saddam survived efforts to undermine his power, and the long-standing effort by Washington hawks to remove him.""And in What's Next for Iraq, NOW With Bill Moyers looks at the possible scenarios for Iraq's future, including the relationship between the U.S. and Iraqi dissidents, and also considers the responsibility of the American media, particularly the major TV news networks, in covering the events of the past weeks and months leading up to war."
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I don't foresee that this war will be like others and these two programs should help shed some light on the potential expectations that we (including citizens) might have to respond too. Better to be prepared than have your head in the sand.
As always the FRONTLINE website will have complete coverage plus additional reference materials.
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I just sent a birthday email to my best friend. He is on a naval ship. As a matter of fact, he's on the closest naval ship to the frontline. Kind of puts things in perspective. I don't know what to expect of this war. Is any where really the same as any others? It's all horrible stuff in the end. I just got done watching The Pianist: amazing movie, which reminds us of what war really is. Innocent lives lost. Death. And that's the road to peace? I really don't know.
the closer we get to war the weirder that word sounds (war). i don't even know if war is the correct term. perhaps "invasion" or "pounding" would be better words. i will try and watch tonight, but depression may cause me to turn it off.
knowledge is power - please learn all you can, from both sides of the issue, you cannot be half as depressed as those currently waiting to fight for the USA.
now that course is emminent, we should all do our honest best to support the troops who are deserving of our prayers and respect.
With all due respect:
Yes, we should continue to pray for the troops and support our them, but I for one saw nothing on Frontline or Now that convinces me we should support the policies of our government.
Unilateralism and Preemptive wars are misguided and immoral, and I shall fight to the end against these notions. I can only hope that our current course of action will end with the least amount of suffering possible.
I don't necessarily like the way our government has behaved lately but when I read about Iraqi men being shredded alive in a device that was designed to destroy plastic (Think Fargo except in real life) well I can't say I mind this war one bit.
And I don't like the idea of innocent lives being lost but after watching Frontline last night, and seeing what a complete monster Sadam and his regime is, well I hope we find the rat bastard and his friends and send them all to hell.
Innocent Iraqis are and have been dying everyday and not from the casual hand gun accident or drunk driving accident like we enjoy here, these people are dying from death squads that walk the streets unchallenged.
Preemptive wars are scarry but for this conflict I have come to believe there is a greater good that will come from it, not our own (American) protection but freedom for from an oppressor who wants nothing more than to be the next Stalin.