
Shock and Awe
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- Year:
- 2017
- 90 min
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(CLEARS THROAT)
Continuing today's
hearing on future VA funding...
Veterans' Affairs...
is called back to order.
CHAIRMAN:
We'll hear from ournext witness.
Will you please stand
My apologies.
Do you swear that the testimony
you're about to give...
this committee will be the
truth, the whole truth...
and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?
I do.
Please state your name.
Private First Class Adam Green,
United States Army, retired.
Mr. Green, I understand you've
prepared a statement?
I have, sir.
You may enter it into the record
at this time.
Mr. Chairman, members of the
Committee...
I want to thank you
for the opportunity...
to speak with you today.
I'm sorry, if I could just...
Sure, go ahead.
Thank you, sir.
Whenever I have a hard time
wrapping my head around...
something, I find that numbers
They help me understand
decisions that are made...
and the impacts of those
decisions.
So, if it's all right...
I'd like the start with the
number 1.4 million.
That's the number of men
and women...
who are currently serving
in our military.
555...
that's how many days passed
before we invaded one country...
after having been attacked
by another.
19... is how old I was when
I enlisted.
Three is the number of hours
that passed from the time...
I arrived in Iraq to the time
our transport...
was destroyed by an I.E.D.
And then there's six.
That's the number of inches the
piece of shrapnel was...
The only problems with numbers
is they can be impersonal.
A decision you made had a
life-changing impact on me...
and a lot of soldiers like me.
Now, I'm not a military expert.
I don't know a whole lot
about geopolitical affairs.
I'm just an ordinary American.
And I understand that you've
asked me here...
because you all have
some questions for me,
but if it's all right, I'd like
to ask all of you a question.
How the hell did this happen?
BUSH:
My fellow citizens,at this hour...
American and coalition forces
are in the early stages...
of military operations
to disarm Iraq, to free...
its people and to defend
BLITZER:
The start of thecampaign called Shock and Awe.
BROKAW:
Shock and Awe.- RATHER:
Shock and Awe.- MAN:
Shock and Awe, indeed.REPORTER #1:
Air raid sirensare going off in Baghdad...
REPORTER #2:
The massivemilitary operation...
is now in effect.
REPORTER #3:
Firing 600 Cruise missiles...
and every type of war plane
in the American arsenal.
BROKAW:
A fearsome displayREPORTER #4:
The scale of this attack...
is considerably higher than
anything we've seen before.
REPORTER #5:
We're taking outwhole buildings...
RATHER:
U.S. war planes unleashed...
to promise massive bombardment
of Baghdad.
BLITZER:
3,000 TomahawkCruise missiles...
satellite-guided precision
bombs, laser-guided bombs.
REPORTER #6:
I think thecitizens of Baghdad know...
exactly what the Pentagon
means by Shock and Awe.
REPORTER #7:
Just over theKuwait-Iraq border...
we watched as columns of troops
moved into the country.
RATHER:
They're well on theirway to Baghdad.
They have met resistance.
WOMAN:
We can't leave thetelevision...
every tank, every helicopter...
is that my son?
REPORTER #8:
Now Baghdad iswithin striking distance...
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