http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/forces 2008-11-23T02:56:15Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63656-people-power-island-of-protest-22-nov-08 2008-11-23T02:56:15Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IrUeFEn2Uak&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IrUeFEn2Uak&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63656-people-power-island-of-protest-22-nov-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79946" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The pacific island of Okinawa, situated some 500 miles from the Japanese mainland has a rich unique culture. But a bloody historical legacy has dictated that since 1945 the people of Okinawa have had to share their island with 50,000 US servicemen. Phil Cox investigates the long standing tensions between the two communities.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63656-people-power-island-of-protest-22-nov-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63393-iraq-us-security-pact-bitter-battles-ahead 2008-11-23T02:53:03Z mpal <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GsfCTeyengo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GsfCTeyengo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63393-iraq-us-security-pact-bitter-battles-ahead"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79505" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=100">therealnews.com</a> </p> <p>Leila Fadel: Iraq deal will NOT allow residual forces, but opponents say too many loopholes</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63393-iraq-us-security-pact-bitter-battles-ahead">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63212-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-2 2008-11-22T12:56:07Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B7o8kAjl1QM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B7o8kAjl1QM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63212-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79217" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The security pact proposal put forward by the United States is being debated in the Iraqi parliament. The 'status of forces' agreement has been signed by the US ambassador to Iraq and the Iraqi foreign minister to express their support, and that of the Iraqi cabinet. </p> <p>The agreement proposes that 150,000 US troops should remain in Iraq for the next three years, setting a timetable for withdrawal of 2011, although they could stay longer if both sides agree, but some Iraqis fear this could be the first step towards a permanent occupation.</p> <p>Not all parties are happy with the terms and the Iraqi population remains divided, not least because the agreement provides for legal immunity for US forces in Iraq. If crimes including rape and murder are committed within US camps or within a mission they cannot be prosecuted under Iraqi law. The US says it has to protect its citizens, but critics say American soldiers can act with impunity.</p> <p>Has the status of forces met Iraqi concerns and how will it work in practice?</p> <p>Presenter Sohail Rahman is joined by Ali Al-Dabbagh, an Iraqi government spokesman, Sami Ramadani, a columnist and senior lecturer in sociology at London Metropolitan University, and Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and author of Ending the Iraq War.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63212-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63211-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-1 2008-11-22T22:55:38Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QWhBWFaxguI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QWhBWFaxguI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63211-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79216" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The security pact proposal put forward by the United States is being debated in the Iraqi parliament. The 'status of forces' agreement has been signed by the US ambassador to Iraq and the Iraqi foreign minister to express their support, and that of the Iraqi cabinet. </p> <p>The agreement proposes that 150,000 US troops should remain in Iraq for the next three years, setting a timetable for withdrawal of 2011, although they could stay longer if both sides agree, but some Iraqis fear this could be the first step towards a permanent occupation.</p> <p>Not all parties are happy with the terms and the Iraqi population remains divided, not least because the agreement provides for legal immunity for US forces in Iraq. If crimes including rape and murder are committed within US camps or within a mission they cannot be prosecuted under Iraqi law. The US says it has to protect its citizens, but critics say American soldiers can act with impunity.</p> <p>Has the status of forces met Iraqi concerns and how will it work in practice?</p> <p>Presenter Sohail Rahman is joined by Ali Al-Dabbagh, an Iraqi government spokesman, Sami Ramadani, a columnist and senior lecturer in sociology at London Metropolitan University, and Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and author of Ending the Iraq War.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63211-inside-story-iraq-security-pact-nov-17-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63011-solving-darfur-nicholas-kristof 2008-11-23T02:55:43Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/40JEUvWtTWI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/40JEUvWtTWI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63011-solving-darfur-nicholas-kristof"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78914" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/10/02/A_Discussion_on_Political_Power_at_CUNY">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas Kristof blames an international lack of "political will" for the failure to resolve the ongoing conflict in Darfur, Sudan.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>What is the most effective way to influence the exercise of political power? Can genocide be halted? What are the natural limits of political power?</p> <p>Join three preeminent policy and opinion makers as they discuss the violation and defense of human rights by national and international powers.</p> <p>Featuring Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor; Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times; and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.</p> <p>Thomas Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science at The Graduate Center moderates - City University New York</p> <p>Nicholas Kristof writes op-ed columns for the New York Times. His columns have often focused on global health, poverty, and gender issues in the developing world. Since 2004, he has written dozens of columns about Darfur and visited the area eight times. He has received two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his reporting with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, on China's Tiananmen Square democracy movement and the other for his reporting on Darfur. He has been a Times correspondent since 1984, becoming an associate managing editor and the first blogger on the New York Times Web site. Kristof has lived on four continents, reported on six, and traveled to 120 countries, all 50 states, every Chinese province, and every main Japanese island. Kristof and WuDunn are authors of China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power and Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63011-solving-darfur-nicholas-kristof">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62804-be-careful-what-you-wish-for 2008-11-23T02:53:04Z mpal <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FxB5zISt84U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FxB5zISt84U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62804-be-careful-what-you-wish-for"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78505" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=100">therealnews.com</a> <br />Sabah al-Nasseri: Will Iraq's 'democracy' reject US plan? pt2/4</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62804-be-careful-what-you-wish-for">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62605-un-mandate-for-us-troops-in-iraq-running-out 2008-11-23T02:53:04Z mpal <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6IOeErNQWyU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6IOeErNQWyU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62605-un-mandate-for-us-troops-in-iraq-running-out"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78176" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=100">therealnews.com</a> </p> <p>Sabah al-Nasseri: Iraqi Parliament expected to turn down US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62605-un-mandate-for-us-troops-in-iraq-running-out">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59593-us-acknowledges-raid-on-syrian-border-town-oct-27-08 2008-10-30T06:20:10Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YZzRAmgaSqg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YZzRAmgaSqg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59593-us-acknowledges-raid-on-syrian-border-town-oct-27-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73381" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A US official has confirmed that Special Forces carried out a raid inside Syrian territory on Sunday, targeting fighters staging attacks in Iraq.</p> <p>Syria said the soldiers attacked a house in a farming area near the town of Abu Kamal, about 8km inside the border with Iraq. </p> <p>Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59593-us-acknowledges-raid-on-syrian-border-town-oct-27-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59522-strategic-town-of-bajaur-is-in-pakistan-hands-26-oct-08 2008-10-29T14:20:17Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CILJ2rVK9i8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CILJ2rVK9i8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59522-strategic-town-of-bajaur-is-in-pakistan-hands-26-oct-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73231" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A strategic town in Pakistan's tribal heartland is back in the hands of government forces after a two month offensive.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59522-strategic-town-of-bajaur-is-in-pakistan-hands-26-oct-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58170-the-palestinian-catastrophe-1948 2008-11-12T13:13:50Z LEBOON1653 <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3AGjBTO_s8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3AGjBTO_s8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58170-the-palestinian-catastrophe-1948"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/71163" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Zionists don't want you to watch this!The Palestinian Exile - also known as Al Nakba - Arabic for - The Catastrophe- -refers to the ethnic cleansing of native Palestinian peoples all during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. From December 1947 until November 1948 Zionist forces - namely the Irgun - Lehi - Haganah terrorist gangs - expelled approximately 750 000 indigenous Palestinians --almost two third of the population--from their homes. Hundreds of Palestinians were also murdered for refusing to leave their homes. The most notable massacre is the Deir Yassin Massacre in which an estimated 120 Palestinian civilians were brutally murdered by an Irgun-Lehi force. Other massacres include the ones at Sahila - 70-80 killed - Lod - 250 killed- and Abu Shusha - 70 killed About 40 other massacres were carried out by Zionist forces in just the summer of 1948. Not only did Zionist forces conduct massacres of Palestinian civilians - rape occured as well. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris - In Acre four soldiers raped a girl and murdered her and her father. In Jaffa soldiers of the Kiryati Brigade raped one girl and tried to rape several more. At Hunin which is in the Galilee two girls were raped and then murdered. There were one or two cases of rape at Tantura south of Haifa. There was one case of rape at Qula in the center of the country. At the village of Abu Shusha near Kibbutz Gezer - in the Ramle area - there were four female prisoners - one of whom was raped a number of times. And there were other cases. Usually more than one soldier was involved. Usually there were one or two Palestinian girls. In a large proportion of the cases the event ended with murder. Because neither the victims nor the rapists liked to report these events- we have to assume that the dozen cases of rape that were reported- which I found are not the whole story. They are just the tip of the iceberg.- during Al Nakba - Palestinians were murdered raped and ethnically cleansed from their villages. According to Israeli historian Ilan Pappe - In a matter of seven months 531 villages were destroyed and 11 urban neighborhoods emptied.- Palestinians were forced into were forced out of Palestine and into neighboring countries - i.e. Lebanon Syria and Jordan - where they lived in refugee camps. Many were also sent to camps in West Bank and Gaza Strip. Most Palestinian towns were demolished and taken by the newly established Israeli government to make room for new Jewish immigrants. Old Palestinian infrastructures as well as many ruins dating back from the Canaanites Romans Greeks Crusaders Arabs and Ottoman Turks were completely destroyed. This signified the end of historical Palestine and the birth of modern-day Israel. Al Nakba marked the beginning of the Palestinian refugee crisis. Al Nakba destroyed a thriving and diverse Palestinian society and scattered them into diaspora. According to the UNRWA - the number of registered Palestinian refugees today is approximately 4.5 million. These refugees are dispersed throughout the world - many of which are still living in poverty-stricken refugee camps. Today the situation keeps worsening and thousands die from malnutrition - contaminated water - or scarce medical supply. Israel has since refused to allow Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and has refused to pay them compensation as required by UN Resolution 194 which was passed on December 11 1948. Historically the Israeli government Israeli schools and Israeli historians have denied that Al Nakba has occured. However The New Historians - a loosely-defined group of Israeli historians - have recently published information recognizing the Al Nakba tragedy and controversial views of matters concerning Israel - particularly events concerning its birth in 1948. Much of their material comes from recently declassified Israeli government papers. Leading scholars in this school include Benny Morris - Ilan Pappe - Avi Shlaim - and Tom Segev. Many of their conclusions have been attacked by other scholars and Israeli historians - who continue deny Al Nakba even occured.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58170-the-palestinian-catastrophe-1948">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56042-inside-story-the-war-in-afghanistan-oct-5-part-2 2008-11-01T03:30:56Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/563Eb-541xc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/563Eb-541xc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56042-inside-story-the-war-in-afghanistan-oct-5-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68172" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>According to a British military officer, the war in Afghanistan can not be won unless political negotiations with the Taliban take place.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56042-inside-story-the-war-in-afghanistan-oct-5-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56040-inside-story-the-war-in-afghanistan-oct-5-part-1 2008-11-01T03:30:56Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5uNWWxvHKsg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5uNWWxvHKsg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56040-inside-story-the-war-in-afghanistan-oct-5-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68170" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>According to a British military officer the war in Afghanistan can not be won unless political negotiations with the Taliban take place.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56040-inside-story-the-war-in-afghanistan-oct-5-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55220-blueprint-for-change-foreign-policy 2008-10-31T21:30:18Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rnqrl_aZfPI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rnqrl_aZfPI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55220-blueprint-for-change-foreign-policy"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66967" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Barack outlines his policy positions. Visit <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/issues/">www.barackobama.com</a> for more information.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55220-blueprint-for-change-foreign-policy">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54285-money-benjamin-zephaniah 2008-11-23T02:53:23Z OneWorldTV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tAXpuW3yFJM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tAXpuW3yFJM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54285-money-benjamin-zephaniah"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65878" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A decidedly political poem.</p> <p>For more great films and documentaries please visit:</p> <p>http://tv.oneworld.net</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54285-money-benjamin-zephaniah">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53596-the-revamped-war-on-terror-exposed-1-of-5 2008-10-31T21:30:34Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C_0NlXZOfCI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C_0NlXZOfCI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53596-the-revamped-war-on-terror-exposed-1-of-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65052" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.therealnews.com/c.php?c=080901YT">www.therealnews.com</a> <br />How Pakistan reacts against US Special Forces in the tribal areas</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53596-the-revamped-war-on-terror-exposed-1-of-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52988-the-war-on-terror-targets-pakistan 2008-10-31T15:32:42Z mpal <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-VxdXkh973k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-VxdXkh973k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52988-the-war-on-terror-targets-pakistan"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64284" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.therealnews.com/c.php?c=080901YT">www.therealnews.com</a> <br />Gareth Porter: Bush gives Special Forces the power to go deep inside Pakistan</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52988-the-war-on-terror-targets-pakistan">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52839-afghan-forces-capture-would-be-suicide-bomber-11-sept-08 2008-10-30T15:34:00Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2rS_OlcldZY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2rS_OlcldZY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52839-afghan-forces-capture-would-be-suicide-bomber-11-sept-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64093" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Afghan authorities say they have captured a would-be suicide bomber who planned to target international forces operating in Afghanistan.</p> <p>The man in custody is a Pakistani who Afghan officials claim received training from the Pakistan's spy agency, but the Taliban say they have no need to recruit Pakistanis as US forces actions in Afghanistan have meant there are plenty of Afghan recruits.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52839-afghan-forces-capture-would-be-suicide-bomber-11-sept-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52507-should-the-us-institute-a-universal-draft 2008-10-31T15:33:08Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zd0jW3ZvViY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zd0jW3ZvViY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52507-should-the-us-institute-a-universal-draft"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63707" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/03/Why_Change_the_Military">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>A Panel of military and public policy experts argues against a universal draft to replace the current all-volunteer military. This program was recorded in collaboration with the Aspen Institute's Aspen Ideas Festival 2008.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Why Change the Military? New Adversaries, New Technologies, and a New Generation of Soldiers</p> <p>A panel discussion at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival featuring Admiral Gary Roughead, Jim Steinberg, Robert Kaplan and moderated by Lloyd Howell.</p> <p>Robert D. Kaplan is a correspondent for The Atlantic, where he has reported for the magazine from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. He also serves as a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington. His books include Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground; Imperial Grunts; Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus; The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War; An Empire Wilderness: Travels Into America's Future; The Ends of the Earth; The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite; and Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History, all of which grew out of Atlantic articles. He has been writing as a foreign correspondent for more than twenty years.</p> <p>Admiral Gary Roughead is the 29th chief of Naval Operations. Previously, he served as commandant for the United States Naval Academy, chief of legislative affairs for the Department of the Navy and deputy commander for the US Pacific Command. He is one of only two officers to have commanded the Fleets in the Pacific and Atlantic, and he was commander of the US Fleet Forces, where he was responsible for ensuring Navy forces were trained, ready, equipped and prepared to operate around the world, where and when needed. He has received numerous awards, including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal and the Legion of Merit.</p> <p>James Steinberg is the dean and J.J. "Jake" Pickle Regents Chair in Public Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, he was vice president and director of foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution. He served as deputy national security adviser to President Clinton and has also served in the State Department as chief of staff, director of the policy planning staff, and deputy assistant secretary for analysis in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.He is the author of many books and chapters on foreign policy and national security topics, including Protecting the Homeland 2006/2007 and An Ever Closer Union: European Integration and Its Implications for the Future of U.S.-European Relations.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52507-should-the-us-institute-a-universal-draft">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52502-bush-iraq-will-be-decided-by-future-presidents 2008-11-01T03:31:46Z Dorsey Shaw <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6k8fqtr9iP8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6k8fqtr9iP8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52502-bush-iraq-will-be-decided-by-future-presidents"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63702" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>On March 21, 2006, at a morning press conference the following dialogue occurred. </p> <p>Reporter: Will there come a day, and I'm not asking you when - I'm not asking for a timetable - will there come a day when there will be no more American forces in Iraq? <br /> <br />Bush: That, of course, is an objective, and that will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52502-bush-iraq-will-be-decided-by-future-presidents">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52483-israel-defends-the-use-of-rubber-bullets-9-sep-08 2008-10-30T15:32:35Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xi47ujPbUms&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xi47ujPbUms&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52483-israel-defends-the-use-of-rubber-bullets-9-sep-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63678" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>They may be coated with rubber but the damage they cause is severe and at times fatal.</p> <p>In the last eight years 21 Palestinians have been killed by rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces. Others have been maimed by them.</p> <p>The Israelis say the 'non-lethal' rubber bullets are used to defend soldiers against stone-throwing protestors.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52483-israel-defends-the-use-of-rubber-bullets-9-sep-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48545-re-bob-chapman-on-alex-jones-tv-israel-u-s-in-georgia-pt2 2008-10-28T21:31:08Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6ZyKNoBpAI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6ZyKNoBpAI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48545-re-bob-chapman-on-alex-jones-tv-israel-u-s-in-georgia-pt2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58471" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48545-re-bob-chapman-on-alex-jones-tv-israel-u-s-in-georgia-pt2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46353-get-the-forces-out-new-york-city-3-22-08 2008-11-23T02:39:58Z jointheopposition <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5122xR8twn8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5122xR8twn8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46353-get-the-forces-out-new-york-city-3-22-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54494" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Greg Stewart of Join The Opposition speaks with fellow protester Doug at the River To River Peace March on 3/22/08 and finds out why we must Get The Forces Out Now!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46353-get-the-forces-out-new-york-city-3-22-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45195-authors-google-dan-ariely 2008-10-29T15:30:01Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VZv--sm9XXU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VZv--sm9XXU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45195-authors-google-dan-ariely"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52123" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Professor Dan Ariely visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions." This event took place on July 1, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.</p> <p>In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. Not only do we make astonishingly simple mistakes every day, but we make the same types of mistakes, Ariely discovers. We consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. We fail to understand the profound effects of our emotions on what we want, and we overvalue what we already own. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They're systematic and predictable—making us predictably irrational.</p> <p>Dan Ariely is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT, where he holds a joint appointment between MIT's Media Laboratory and the Sloan School of Management. He is also a researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a visiting professor at Duke University. Ariely wrote this book while he was a fellow at the Institute for Advance Study at Princeton.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45195-authors-google-dan-ariely">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44954-americans-support-congressional-say-in-wars 2008-11-20T11:55:49Z Gallup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ry0YP1Xkaxs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ry0YP1Xkaxs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44954-americans-support-congressional-say-in-wars"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51436" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A large majority of Americans (79%) say the president should be required to get the approval of Congress before sending U.S. armed forces into action abroad.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44954-americans-support-congressional-say-in-wars">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40642-us-soldier-unites-ethnic-groups-in-afghanistan-31may08 2008-10-25T21:31:10Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gCyIQ-3LAUM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gCyIQ-3LAUM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40642-us-soldier-unites-ethnic-groups-in-afghanistan-31may08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45841" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports on how one US soldier is working to bridge the divide between different ethnic groups in Afghanistan.</p> <p>The growing violence in Afghanistan highlights the need to strengthen and unite the country's security forces. <br /> <br />Its soldiers and police come from a range of different ethnic groups, divided by rivalries, politics and language.</p> <p>Bo speaks to one US soldier whose language skills are helping bridge those divisions.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40642-us-soldier-unites-ethnic-groups-in-afghanistan-31may08">Watch the video</a>