Iraq: $3 Trillion War

Juan Cole 03/14/2008

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Aljazeera English on the $3 Trillion War in Iraq, as argued by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Linda J. Bilmes. Note to US corporate media: Notice how the discussion includes a Republican spokesman, a left intellectual, and an Iraqi voice. Why don’t we hear Iraqi voices about Iraq on US t.v.? Why don’t we even hear about Iraq on US t.v.?

And part II:

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page