"NIR ROSEN: It's an occupation. A foreign occupation is never a positive thing. It's a systematic violence that's imposed on an entire nation. Now, the American occupation was much more brutal the first few years, that's true. Abu Ghraib-like scandals aren't happening anymore. They've slightly softened their approach, but they're still killing innocent Iraqis everyday. They're dropping bombs on Iraq. They have 24,000 Iraqis in American-run prisons. They haven't been charged with anything. They haven't been found guilty of anything. So still a very oppressive, systematic violence that Iraqis are enduring. However, it's true that the American presence does mitigate some of the violence that would otherwise occur between Iraqis." And with this intervention from Nir, Mr. Lehrer declared that Nir's chances of getting a permanent mainstream US media job are now as high as Ron Paul's chances of winning the presidency.