#iraqwar — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #iraqwar, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/278035/ First Trailer for Iraq War Drama ‘Atonement’ Feat. Branagh & Holbrook #atonement #BoydHolbrook #CannesFilmFestival #cinema #HiamAbbass #indies #Iraq #IraqWar #KennethBranagh #ReedVanDyk #ToWatch #trailer #WarFilm
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Putin when this debacle is finally over:
https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/2069753/putin-when-this-debacle-is-finally-over
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I just watched an episode of Masters of Horror called Homecoming directed by Joe Dante.
Almost all of Dante's movies are political but you often need to interpret. In 2005 he had something to say about the Iraq War and George W. Bush. This time there was no subtlety involved.
Homecoming is not great. If it had been purely black humor it might have worked better but it also tries to be sentimental which falls flat. As a political statement I love it.
If you want the spoiler summary ....
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ICYMI - From 2011: Secret memos expose link between #BigOil firms and invasion of #Iraq
Paul Bignell, Tuesday 19 April 2011
"Five months before the March 2003 invasion, Baroness Symons, then the Trade Minister, told #BP that the Government believed British energy firms should be given a share of Iraq's enormous oil and gas reserves as a reward for #TonyBlair's military commitment to US plans for regime change.
"The papers show that Lady Symons agreed to lobby the Bush administration on BP's behalf because the oil giant feared it was being 'locked out' of deals that Washington was quietly striking with US, French and Russian governments and their energy firms.
"Minutes of a meeting with BP, #Shell and BG (formerly #BritishGas) on 31 October 2002 read: 'Baroness Symons agreed that it would be difficult to justify British companies losing out in Iraq in that way if the UK had itself been a conspicuous supporter of the US government throughout the crisis.'
"The minister then promised to "report back to the companies before Christmas" on her lobbying efforts.
"The Foreign Office invited BP in on 6 November 2002 to talk about opportunities in Iraq 'post #RegimeChange'. Its minutes state: "Iraq is the big oil prospect. BP is desperate to get in there and anxious that political deals should not deny them the opportunity.'
"After another meeting, this one in October 2002, the Foreign Office's Middle East director at the time, Edward Chaplin, noted: 'Shell and BP could not afford not to have a stake in [Iraq] for the sake of their long-term future... We were determined to get a fair slice of the action for UK companies in a post-Saddam Iraq."'
Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html
#BigOilAndGas #EndlessWars #BPKnew #Oiligarchy #AbolishTheMonarchy #NoWar #IraqWar #ShellOil -
Is there a way to *legally* invade some other country then? News to me!
Like many others, numbering well over a million, I demonstrated (several times) against the #iraqWar
It is a mark of shame for #labour that only 84 #labourMPs stood against it - but only 2 tories joined them
Any war that involves attacking another country is morally wrong - regardless of the circumstances
