Democracy Now! March 25, clip from new documentary film, "Body of War" (Maine Owl liberties taken in adding emphasis on pro-war vote of Senator Susan Collins)
Today on Democracy Now! there were clips and interviews about the new documentary, "Body of War." It is directed by filmmaker Ellen Spiro and veteran broadcaster Phil Donahue. The film tells the story of Iraq war veteran Tomas Young who was wounded and paralyzed in an attack on April 4, 2004, his fifth day in Iraq.
In all the coverage of the 5th anniversary of the war, I didn't see anyone ask our elusive senator (elusive, that is, until she has a "Santa Claus" or war profiteering "inoculation" PR appearance to make) if she thinks the war has been worth 4000 American sacrifices, 30,000 Americans maimed, a million dead Iraqis, uncounted million injured Iraqis, and at least 4 million Iraqis displaced.
What if she had cared a hoot two years ago this week, when she was reminded of at-the-time 2319 dead Americans?
How many deaths could have been avoided? How many deaths could be avoided into the future if she would listen to Tomas Young and all anti-war voices now?
As I wrote back then, Susan Collins was among the most hawkish of the hawks in 2002. She brandished all of the wmd myths in her floor speech:
Collins: there is significant evidence that since 1998, Saddam has expanded his stockpile of chemical and biological weapons; rebuilt and expanded manufacturing sites, including mobile biological production facilities; developed more effective delivery systems, such as unmanned drones; and sought to procure materials for a nuclear bomb.The only way to hold her responsible for her mad rush to this devastating, untenable war is to vote her out of the U.S. Senate in November 2008. The only hope of managing that rests in a successful campaign by Representative Tom Allen.
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