When Soldiers Protest: Pilger

An experienced British officer serving in Iraq has written to the BBC describing the invasion as "illegal, immoral and unwinnable", which, he says, is "the overwhelming feeling of many of my peers". In a letter to Newsnight and Medialens.org he accuses the media's "embedded coverage with the US army" of failing to question "the intentions and continuing effects of the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation".

He says most British soldiers regard their tours as "loathsome", during which they "reluctantly [provide] target practice for insurgents, senselessly haemorrhaging casualties and squandering soldiers' lives, as part of Bush's vain attempt to delay the inevitable Anglo-US rout until after the next US election". He appeals to journalists not to swallow "the official line/White House propaganda". more