Reply #48: but it's a LOT about the media. For instance ... [View All]

Today as I was waking up I saw a piece on ITV, International news, channel 366 if you get DirectTV, media from OUTSIDE of America ....

It was fascinating. It was from Baghdad, and it documented the situation there in a way that had heretofore been 100% unseen here in America.

I only caught the last 15 minutes or so, but it was following a Baghdadi policeman in his struggles with the new baghdad. They interviewed his wife, showed his home, and showed the daily horrors that are occurring there.

And it appears to be FAR FAR worse than anything we're seeing. Every morning there are bodies piled up at the morgue.

Feet sticking out of car trunks. A father holding his stiff, 9 year old son, weeping. The morgues are overwhelmed. Bodies are literally piling up.

And what was the most telling -- the looks on the faces of the people there. Looks of utter disgust, anger, bitterness ....

They went to a hospital and showed a man who had been shot by Americans. He was seriously wounded and wasn't receiving any medical care because there were no surgeons at the hospital and the Americans wouldn't give him the clearance to be worked on at an American medical facility.

He had been shot after chasing a kid who had thrown a grenade at the police. The Americans heard the noise and shot him.

The Americans were there in the hospital. They looked as upset as everyone else. They were trying to help him. They obviously felt absolutely sick about what had happened. The man was shaking and looked like he was dying.

Finally he was taken to a hospital, almost three hours after he had been shot, where there was a surgeon who could work on him. He survived.

Again, the looks on the faces of the people there told everything. One man was interviewed who said the Americans said they were sorry, but it's not enough. He was reluctant to say what he truly felt, but finally did.

It was fascinating, brutal, sad ..... and true. Unlike anything I've seen on American TV.

I'm not sure who actually produced it. I hope to see it again.