GRAPHIC VIDEO: "WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?"---IRAQ WAR--PETE SEEGER

So many times this blogger is asked this question. Why is it the press in the United States doesn't cover the Iraq war? We have wrestled with the question and finally come to the conclusion there are a variety of reasons. The mainstream media in the United States is now owned by corporations, and many of these corporations have subsidiaries that are making huge profits from the defense industry so the honchos at the networks don't want to do anything to upset the money apple cart. Then there is another ingredient that as a former GI myself I see only too clearly. Very, very few people in the United States have a vested interest in the Iraq war. They don't have a relative in uniform, and in many cases they don't even know anyone who is in the military and overseas in Iraq. And finally, there is the mainstream media itself. Most of the people who work in the mainstream media NEVER served a day of their lives in the uniform of any branch of the United States military. They don't know what it is like to be go through basic training. They have no idea what it is like to be in a war zone. In short, the editors and reporters in the mainstream media just don't give a damn.

"Where have all the Flowers Gone?" is a VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO that captures what the Iraq war is all about. Pete Seeger provides the music and we highly recommend this video, but with a WARNING there are images that are very, very gruesome.

COMMENTARY BY BILL CORCORAN, EDITOR OF CORKSPHERE

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