frontline rocks

I had a plan to share some sweet music to start the week with today. That was until I spent the better part of this spring Sunday afternoon in front of the television. Out of character for me on any given Sunday, I’d heard about and then sat compelled by the latest segment of “Frontline” on PBS. Timed to coincide with the previously observed 5th anniversary of the US occupation in Iraq, there aren’t many surprises in Bush’s War, but many illuminations; interviews with key players, from intelligence agents to State Department staff to five-star generals; and insights to what was really playing out behind the scenes as the news was relayed to us through filtered lenses. In typical Frontline fashion, the segments (it’s a two-parter) are concise, compelling and in the case of this war entirely exasperating. Not exactly a carefree way to pass the time on a Sunday, but just because we don’t live in a war zone doesn’t make the atrocity of it go away, or make it any easier for those with loved ones far away fighting Bush’s War.

On March 24, BBC News posted an article entitled “American Interest in Iraq Slumps“. It’s neither easy nor desirable to consider the horrors of war in which our troops and the people of Iraq have been subjected to daily. I get to walk a spectacular stretch of coastline daily, and cannot help but be thankful for the freedom to do so and for the blessings to have been born here and not in an oppressive or impoverished state. I force myself to remember the violence and loss. It’s up to us to never forget that this administration has been the cause of more deaths than 9/11. It’s like salt in the wound that our nation has been so often deceived by the very leaders we’re meant to rely upon; the self-serving political agendas, the cover-ups, the pardons… The change cannot come too soon, and no, we will never forget.

Explore FRONTLINE’s full collection of reports from 9/11 to the present: Iraq and the War on Terror

Tune in tomorrow for some sweet stuff… and have a peaceful, blessed week.

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