(2011/05/07) Our wars and their costs (Foreign Policy)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 7 May 2011
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Summary
Edition #484
Our wars and their costs
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Act 1: Downplaying civilian deaths - Counterspin
Song 1: Faith - George Michael
Act 2: Trump's idiotic oil ideas - Young Turks
Song 2: Moving to New York - The Wombats
Act 3: Libya Majora - Daily Show
Song 3: Silver lining - Rilo Kiley
Act 4: Unwanted military funding - Rachel Maddow
Song 4: Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle & Sebastian
Act 5: Protesting military spending - Grit Radio
Song 5: Live Like You're Dying - Lenka
Act 6: Mr Y on US priorities and military spending - Majority Report
Song 6: The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel
Act 7: U.N. factoid-finding mission - The Onion
Song 7: Information Travels Faster - Death Cab For Cutie
Act 8: No real debate over drone attacks - Counterspin
Song 8: New York Minute - Eagles
Act 9: Detainees transferred or freed despite 'high risk' - NPR
Song 9: Tragic Flaw - Arkells
Act 10: Terrorist lockup, new nation of wusses - Mark Fiore
Song 10: New York state of mind - Billy Joel
Act 11: Obama a better salesman of war than Bush - The Progressive
Song 11: WMD - Blow Up Hollywood
Act 12: CIA's 'Facebook' program dramatically cut agencies costs - The Onion
Song 12: New York New York - Mel Tormé
Act 13: Pro-Israel, anti-democracy - Counterspin
Song 13: Run-around - Blues Traveler
Act 14: Undersecretary for saving the world - Rachel Maddow
Song 14: New York City - Cub
Act 15: Homeland security eliminates color-coded terror alert system - Colbert Report
Voicemails:
Show suggestion: Bob and Elvis show - Ursula from Chicago suburbs
Response to abortion battle episode - Ken from Chicagoland
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on death of Bin Laden
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Predator Drone Court-Martialed For Afghani Civilian Deaths
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.3 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now look into the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from CounterSpin, |
| 0:12.9 | The Young Turks, The Daily Show, The Rachel Maddo Show, Grit Radio, The Majority Report, |
| 0:17.6 | The Onion Radio News, NPR, MarkFurray.com, The Progressive, and The Cold Bear Report, |
| 0:23.8 | with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from The Daily Show. |
| 0:30.1 | As the Libyan intervention drags on in Gaddafi's forces have moved into more densely populated areas, |
| 0:35.8 | the April 8th New York Times editorial page explained how NATO could shift to urban warfare |
| 0:41.3 | from the air without risking possibly heavy casualties. |
| 0:45.7 | Bring in the low flying planes. |
| 0:48.1 | The American A10 and AC-130, the editors explain, quote, |
| 0:52.5 | can fly slow enough and low enough to let them see and target Colonel Gaddafi's weapons |
| 0:58.0 | without unduly endangering nearby populations, close quote. |
| 1:02.6 | The AC-130, a modified transport plane bristling with cannons, has been used in virtually every US war |
| 1:08.6 | since it debuted in Vietnam. |
| 1:10.6 | The results in 2002 and AC-130 attack on a wedding party killed dozens of Afghans civilians |
| 1:16.9 | and wounded many more, including women and children. |
| 1:20.1 | Another wedding party was struck in 2008, killing as many as 90 civilians. |
| 1:25.1 | Other AC-130 strikes on civilians have been reported and protested in Afghanistan. |
| 1:30.3 | In January 2007, Oxfam reported that at least 70 Somali nomads were killed in a secret operation, |
| 1:36.9 | attempting to kill three al-Qaeda leaders. |
| 1:39.4 | And in the 2003 siege of Fallujah, the AC-130s caused many civilian deaths. |
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