“Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called Voices of Dissent in which we spent time covering antiwar protests and interviewing those who were opposed to the war with Iraq.” WarHardStoriesSidesVoiceAirIraqProtestAntiwarDissentCoveringCnn Author:Jim C. Walton
“It's very hard to understand just what our strategy is in Syria, frankly, and on Iraq that this is Iraq's war, that the role of the United States is to help Iraq, to arm, train, support, provide air support, but this has to be Iraq's war.” WarHardStatesHelpingUnitedRolesUnited StatesSupportAirArmsStrategyTrainIraqSyria Author:David Ignatius
“What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription drugs. That's why they are also dying. They are dying in Iraq because they are poor and they have gone into the military because they can't afford to go to college. They're dying because they're living in communities where asthma rates are extremely high because the air is filthy. The suffering of the poor and working class people is a virtual nonissue for the media. But that is the reality.” PeopleRealityTodaySufferingCommunityPoorClassGoneAirDyingMediaMilitaryTelevisionCollegeDrugDoctorsRateIraqWorking ClassPrescriptionsFilthyPrescription DrugsAsthmaPeople Dying Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think we ought to use the same formula that we used when we took out Moammar Gadhafi in Libya. We have unique resources that no other country has, especially in the air. Intelligence and the ability to find where things are. I think the governments need to get together, because this is getting very serious.” ThinkingNeedsCountryUseGovernmentTogetherUsedAbilityAirMilitarySeriousOughtUniqueResourcesIraqFormulasOther CountriesGet TogetherLibya Author:Dutch Ruppersberger
“Most people forget that even in Iraq, by the time the air and no-fly zone was established, the air defence system had been removed through the first Gulf war. All of them had been neutralised.” PeopleFirstsWarForgetAirIraqZoneDefenceGulf War Author:Kofi Annan