“…the global war on terror is the most important story of our generation and it’s a story that’s been completely not covered. It remains invisible and hidden from most Americans. This is the longest war in American history. It’s a war in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. But it’s happening in the shadows. And so, in Dirty Wars, Jeremy and I are trying to make this invisible war that’s being fought in our name, but without our knowledge, visible to the American people.” (RICK ROWLEY)
this is one of the most illuminating interviews i’ve heard in a while – it includes obama’s track record, the realities of occupation in afghanistan, the drone war in yemen, american collaboration with warlords in somalia, the new covert war in mali, CIA-hollywood projects such as zero dark thirty, the persecution of investigative journalists and much more. the brilliant jeremy scahill and rick rowley have produced a new documentary “dirty wars: the world is a battlefield” which has just opened to packed audiences at sundance. we should do everything to bring this film to our towns and cities and into american consciousness. More here.