This is a very short diary that I'm posting because the BBC video is so powerful. It gives insight into the soldier's view of Iraq and the whole joke of
We'll stand down when they stand up.
Sean Smith, the Guardian's award-winning war photographer, spent nearly six weeks with the 101st Division of the US army in Iraq. Watch his haunting observational film that explodes the myth around the claims that the Iraqis are preparing to take control of their own country.
As I said down below, All that is missing is Martin Sheen paddling up the Euphrates River for a rendezvous with Marlin Brando.
Click on this link to see the video:
Video: GuardianFilms and BBC Newsnight present ....