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GRITtv: Eight Years In, U.S. Debates Afghanistan
It might be what President Obama calls a teachable moment. On Monday, dozens of anti-war protesters were arrested outside of the White House, including Cindy Sheehan. Robert Gibbs, however, told reporters he wasn't even aware of the group's actions. One wonders whether he and the administration are aware of the fact that the majority of the public is now opposed to the war. Writer Jeremy Scahill and filmmaker Brian Palmer, Anuradha K. Bhagwati and David Swanson talk about war making and why it threatens democracy in America.
Email this pageGRITtv: Oct. 6, 2009
Cassidy Friedman has made a video about Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who plunged into the healthcare debate with an editorial for the Wall Street Journal in which he declared that, "Many promoters of health-care reform believe that people have an intrinsic ethical right to health care—to equal access to doctors, medicines and hospitals." Plus all the latest news and headlines about Afghanistan, healthcare, ACORN and more.
