#Iraq20YearsOn I was a freshman at Davidson College, NC, when, just a week before the war started, Dr James Zogby organized a videoconference between a group of Davidson students and students from Baghdad University. The Americans were divided about the war, the Iraqis weren't. 
They talked sanctions, the Kurds, WMDs. And freedom. "Don't you want to change at least some things around you?" asked the US kids. The Iraqis were reluctant to criticize the gov, but 1 girl said: of course we do, but it's hard to think abt that when you expect the bombs to drop.
The college yearbook: "Hopefully by the time this book is published Iraq will be a free country, so that next time we talk with Baghdad, it will be a completely open discussion."
'Next time':
(huffpost.com/entry/dialogue…)
'Next time':
(huffpost.com/entry/dialogue…)
US kids thought they had a free press, but it had propagandized many of them into supporting a crime. The powerful exploit the ideological zeal and childish naivete of young people. It's like today, both "denazification" and "stand with Ukraine" being war propaganda. #FreeAssange
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