Robert Greenwald Talks Afghan Civilian Casualties on MSNBC's 'The Ed Show'

Director Robert Greenwald appeared on The Ed Show yesterday to discuss the civilian casualties of war, the fourth segment of Rethink Afghanistan. This was the first time Brave New Foundation's exclusive footage from an Afghan refugee camp reached mainstream news audiences. And Greenwald was right there to hammer home the message that the war in Afghanistan is militarizing what is actually a regional political problem.

It's so crucial for more people to see this exclusive footage because it puts a human face on the war, US military airstrikes, and indiscriminate bombing. Gripping images from Afghan refugee camps remind us that Afghanistan is the third poorest country in the world -- a country that, as Greenwald said, needs teachers, educators, doctors, and humanitarian aid instead of more soldiers and wartime spending.

It's not easy for the mainstream media to report the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. The images and subject matter are deeply upsetting, and they fly in the face of policies set by a popular White House administration. What's more, it's literally difficult for reporters to access the real story, considering the stringer hired to film this refugee camp was arrested by the Taliban. Now that Brave New Foundation has made this footage available and it has aired on The Ed Show, however, hopefully other networks will follow MSNBC's example.

Comments

[JerryLevy]

Isn't if funny how these people are worried about "civilian" casualties as it pertains to the Americans who are trying to liberate this country from the totalitarian, mid evil, Taliban but have no concern about the massive number of people the Taliban have killed with suicide bombers and car bombs? Its just like the feigned concern about the "civilian" casualties Israel caused in Gaza but there is no concern about Hamas using its own people as human shields, firing missiles from schools and hospitals, and Hamas killing other Palestinians who do not support them. Let's just the concern of these people is "selective­."

[alexa07]

I am becoming increasingly more impressed with The Ed Show. Thank you for doing this story on Afghanistan & featuring the fine work of Robert Greenwald. It can't be easy to present stories like this that question seriously American foreign policy & it helps somewhat as an antidote to the usual MSNBC Chris Matthews et al who spend most of their international stories glorifying & promoting the Israelis.

[zaz33]

The problew is that most of the "smart people" in Washington believe in empire.

They also believe that taking resources by force is worth the resulting suffering and deaths.

[GreatNews27]

I wish there was something the American people could do to stop our government from murdering people in foreign nations. Sadly, there is not. We have called, faxed, emailed, snail mailed, demonstrated, voted, voted, and voted again but still the slaughter continues. It would seem that our government is far out of our control while being supported by forcing us to pay taxes on threat of prison. Go well into that good night, children, we will cry for the suffering we are forced to support.

[BOin08]

yes, we need to stop Obama from terrorising Afghan civilans with our military