Scott Ritter - Target Iran - Part 1

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"War will not solve any problem we face with Iran."

Scott Ritter, former Major of the US Marines and Chief UNSCOM Weapons Inspector in Iraq, spoke on the folly of war with Iran in the General Pershing Room of the War Memorial, Indianapolis, IN on April 18, 2007.

This is Part 1 - his presentation in the program "US Policy in the Middle East; Target Iran and the role of Congress."

Clips from the Q and A will follow. He spoke on a two person panel with the Honorable Andy Jacobs, former Congressperson from Indiana.

The program was sponsored by Veterans for Peace, Indiana Chapter #49, Indianapolis Peace House & Plowshares, Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center, and Traprock Peace Center.

Moderator: Pierre Atlas
Political Science Professor and Director of Franciscan Center for Global Studies at Marian College

Video recorded and edited by Charles Jenks; © 2007 Traprock Peace Center; all rights reserved. Contact: charles@traprockpeace.org



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Uploaded: April 20, 2007 at 5:02 am
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numbing numbered numerous Comments:
Ainethil (April 7, 2008 at 12:16 am)
Awecome video!
3bleadpencil (March 31, 2008 at 5:04 pm)
Hanoi remembers how our leaders refused to tell us the truth about the earlier North Vietnamese overtures for peace, how the president claimed that none existed when they had clearly been made. Ho Chi Minh has watched as America has spoken of peace and built up its forces, and now he has surely heard the increasing international rumors of American plans for an invasion of the North. He knows the bombing and shelling and mining we are doing are part of traditional pre-invasion strategy. -MLK '67
halani (March 31, 2008 at 1:28 am)
Practically what is required now is to stop any action before the November election (in 9 mths)

1)A counter propaganda required to inform that all this war mongering is simply to wind up the US electorate to vote in a Republican President in November ie the Democrats in the US should wake up!!

2)The US presidential candidates should make it clear that Bush/Cheney have no right to make ANY decision - the American people will make a decision in NOVEMBER!
jaleal27 (March 14, 2008 at 9:54 pm)
america leave us middle easterners alone just fuk off an eat ure hamburgers
metalmike06 (March 10, 2008 at 3:19 am)
I picked up this guy's book yesterday. It is pretty interesting so far.
tillo2008 (March 5, 2008 at 7:11 pm)
agreed. So tell them to start drilling in Alaska (oil is found there, and those that are informed don't know why it's not being pumped yet)
The war isn't just about oil, and compared to what is being spent on the war, the price of oil will not go down. That isn't even touching on the subject of the Federal Reserve printing money, making it worth less and less every day. Prices may not rise, but if your dollar buys less, is it not the same result?
Brukernavn (May 24, 2007 at 12:40 pm)
ha ha ha, where is Iran? The Irak war was an attempt to take Iran down, but someone misread the map.
SetembroCachorro (May 23, 2007 at 1:45 am)
He is absolutely correct. Amrecans/american soldiers are too eager to die.
JackedUpOnTheJuice (March 6, 2008 at 8:47 am)
Yes your absolutely right! they are not even eager to die....But when the Iran start shooting back at them...they will see that they can aim also...One thing is to shoot at someone and another thing is when someone can shoot back!
StylesP1987 (May 19, 2007 at 9:50 am)
Most Americans I've met don't know anything beyond their borders, but then again most who have been in the UN coalition of '90 of course are poor boys fighting a rich mans war. This is why I respect officers but its only a handful in the US military.