Sunday, April 09, 2006

Falluja April 2004: What Really Happened...

The doctrine of prevention is to work together to prevent the Iranians from having a nuclear weapon. I know — I know here in Washington prevention means force. It doesn't mean force, necessarily. In this case, it means diplomacy. And by the way, I read the articles in the newspapers this weekend. It was just wild speculation, by the way. What you're reading is wild speculation, which is — it's kind of a — happens quite frequently here in the nation's capital.

George W. Bush | Who the Fuck is Sy Hersh? [April 10, 2006]

Tom Feeley also hosts Occupation: Dreamland, "..an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraqi city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A tense and grimly humorous study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe."

Note: A New York Times translation of Bush's article is available here. The above is rendered thus:
"But this 'doctrine of prevention' does not necessarily mean force, Mr. Bush said. "In this case, it means diplomacy," he said.

Then he zeroed in on news reports that the Pentagon is well into planning for a strike on Iran. "What your reading is wild speculation," he said. "Happens quite frequently here in the nation's capital."
Heh... I'd say such 'responsible' journalism quite becomes the Emperor's new clothes.