(2011/10/21) Echoes of war (Foreign Policy)
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🗓️ 21 October 2011
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Edition #540
Echoes of war
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Act 1: Don't Give the President More Warmaking Power - The Progressive Air Date: 9-16-11
Song 1: Heads will roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Act 2: Libya NYT Misinformation - Counterspin Air Date: 8-25-11
Song 2: Banking on a myth - Andrew Bird
Act 3: Drone Strike in Yemen Al Queda Americans - On the Media
Song 3: Daffodil Lament - The Cranberries
Act 4: Libya's vs US culpability on terrorist acts - Counterspin Air Date: 9-01-11
Song 4: I won't share you - The Smiths
Act 5: Not Cheering Obama's Rub Out of Al-Awlaki - The Progressive Air Date: 9-30-11
Song 5: Animal - Neon Trees
Act 6: Ron Paul Right About Terrorism Al Qaeda - Young Turks Air Date: 9-14-11
Song 6: Reach Out Of The Darkness - Friend and lover
Act 7: Area Neighbors Protest Tree-House Acquisition of M-80 Technology - The Onion
Song 7: We car work it out - The Beatles
Act 8: American Prisoners Released in Iran - Majority Report Air Date: 9-28-11
Song 8: Under my skin - Jukebox The Ghost
Act 9: Searching for the Truth - Dan Carlin Air Date: 9-28-11
Song 9: Truth - Vaughan Penn
Act 10: The Afghan War, a Ten-Year Toll - The Progressive Air Date: 10-6-11
Song 10: This is not the end - The Bravery
Act 11: Gap Grows Between Military, Civilians On War - NPR Air Date: 10-6-11
Song 11: War - Goldfinger
Act 12: Jose Padilla Sentencing - Counterspin Air Date: 9-23-11
Song 12: Timeless - Kate Havnevik
Act 13: U.S. Leaves a Trail of Torture - The Progressive Air Date: 10-11-11
Song 13: Loose ends - Imogen Heap
Act 14: Radicalism against Iraqi's - Majority Report Air Date: 9-12-11
Voicemails:
Thoughts on using anti-religious clips on the show - Zach from Detroit
Thoughts on genetically modified food and family farms - Len from St. Paul, Minnesota
Call to action - Keystone XL tarsands pipeline - Perry from Green County, IN
Acceptable use of Abu-Jamal - Policeman Jeff from Florida
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on the US ending the war in Iraq
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Declaration of Thingamajig - Mark Fiore Air Date: 7-01-11
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors for the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.4 | the membership tab at bestofleft.com. |
| 0:09.1 | Now welcome to the award-winning Best of Left Podcasts with clips today from the Progressive, |
| 0:13.3 | Counter-Spin, On The Media, The Young Turks, The Onion Radio News, Common Sense with |
| 0:17.3 | Dan Carlin, The Majority Report, and NPR, with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS |
| 0:22.3 | and Android app users from MarkFurray.com. |
| 0:30.0 | This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of the Authorization for Use of Military Force, |
| 0:34.9 | the blank check that Congress wrote George W. Bush in response to the attacks of September |
| 0:39.8 | 11th. |
| 0:40.8 | It granted the President the authority to use all necessary and appropriate force against |
| 0:45.3 | those nations, organizations, or persons he determined planned, authorized, committed |
| 0:50.3 | or aided the terrorist attacks of September 11th. |
| 0:54.0 | Bush then used this sweeping authorization not only to attack Afghanistan, but to justify |
| 0:59.4 | his detention policies in Guantanamo and even his illegal domestic spying. |
| 1:04.4 | Now, 10 years later, the Pentagon is claiming that the President still has the right to go |
| 1:09.2 | attack anyone affiliated with Al-Qaeda, including foot soldiers of groups with only vague |
| 1:14.0 | connections. |
| 1:15.5 | Under this view, the U.S. could use drone strikes anywhere in the world against thousands |
| 1:19.8 | and thousands of people. |
| 1:21.6 | This would greatly broaden the policy of summary execution. |
| 1:24.5 | Yeah, let's caught what it is. |
| 1:26.4 | But the Obama administration has been pursuing in Pakistan and Yemen. |
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