A 10 minute interview segment on a brief history of Iraq - with a chap I admire and who certainly opened my eyes, Micheal Culver, an actor with a very long list of credits spanning his career so far.
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Below are some notes/references to points made in this interview segment. Please leave a comment to add/correct/suggest.
- Iraq
- Ottoman Empire
- 1908 Oil first discovered
- 1910-1912 - The US and then the UK turn our navies over from coal burning to oil burning
- 1914 we invaded through Basra
- Sykes-Picot Agreement
- Gertrude Bell and the Birth of Iraq
- Wholeheartedly recommended book -> Robert Fisk’s “The Great War for Civilization”
- Winston Churchill not squeamish about bombing the uncivilised
- “Bomber” Harris
- Mohammed Mosaddeq Prime minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953 overthrown by 1953 Iranian coup d’état
- Henry Kissinger: “I hope they kill each other”
Note also this is just a rough version, I’ve edited out a few pauses tho i haven’t altered the order of what’s being said.
The trouble is so many people don’t know this history. I didn’t know very much of it before I took this interview. None of this featured in my history lessons at school, and it only took ten minutes to be so much the wiser (of course I checked the facts afterwards). The dumbing down culture in which I live nearly got the better of me. We desperately need an awakening of society now and the internet and the freedom of information act gives us immense potential. It’s time to use our brains and prove to these genocidal psychopaths that we’re not as stupid and obedient as they think we are.
To any Iraqi’s reading this I sincerely apologise on behalf of Britain’s genocidal past leaders. The pain that they have bestowed on you and your people is something that I cannot imagine. I would however say no matter how far down the road of despair it has taken you, if you can remember that the whole of history shows us that violence just breeds more violence, you only serve to increase the shame they should feel and further unite more people to the cause of change. The only way we can change the future is by educating ourselves and stand in peaceful defiance of their chase for oil. We are many and if we unite we can change anything.
Is there an embed version odf this so i can blog and link it to here?
Thanks
I have the embed thanks, great information! well done