anbar

I just watched a short film about Anbar Province and the U.S. military's strategy there. I keep thinking about a graphic novel I read a few weeks ago called Deogratias, A Story of Rwanda. And I keep thinking about Palestine. In all three scenarios a powerful nation finds and latches onto perceived differences and then through systematic arming, funding, and protecting one group exacerbates these differences until violence erupts between the two. In Rwanda it was the Hutus and Tutsis and the Belgian government; in Palestine it is now Hamas and Fatah and the Israeli and U.S. governments; in Iraq it is the Sunni and Shitte and the U.S. government. All of these cases have their roots in colonial, imperial domination.

It is history repeating and we can see the devastating outcomes.

Here is a link for the Anbar film (it is in two separate parts):

http://bignoisefilms.org/

(Under 'Uncovering the Truth About the Anbar Success Story' click on 'watch video clip part 1' and 'part 2')