Show Summary: 03/01/09

Iraq Veterans against the war and Bryan’s perspective

Filmmaker peace treaty with actress Annette Benning in Iran

• LA Times Article: Iranian official demands apology from visiting Hollywood delegation
• Tehran Times: Iranian and Hollywood moviemakers meet in Tehran

Tehran wants apologies for the movies 300 and The Wrestler.

Iran filmmakers can’t show their films.

The movie Offside Bryan mentioned.

Bryan gets upset at the irony of Hollywood’s attitude toward the first amendment and the irony of the lack of the rights of filmmakers and journalists in Iran.

Google news for Roxana Saberi

Huffington post article about Roxana Saberi: Roxana Saberi, Former Miss North Dakota, Journalist, Arrested In Iran For Buying Bottle Of Wine, Says Her Father

Demographics of Iran and Russia

Hour 2

Obama’s announcement about troop withdrawals from Iraq and increases in Afghanistan.

The types of troops that may be remaining in Iraq.

More troops and the war in Afghanistan.

IAEA Director-General Muhammad Al-Baradei interview on Dream 2 TV in Eqypt at MEMRI.org “The Arab World Has Sunk to the Lowest Depths” You have to be (free) registered and logged in to see it.

What exactly has the Arab world done lately?

Bryan’s Guilty Pleasure War Movies

• Kelly’s Heroes
• The Eagle Has Landed

Bryan’s Top Five War Movies

5. Anything John Ford made.

4. Hamburger Hill

3. The Hunt for Red October

2. Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers

1. Battle of Algiers

 

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