“[T]he ten-year occupation of Afghanistan has been notable for the hyperbole relied upon by America's compliant media as well as its brazen inconsistency.” ~Ted Rall Dear Farhad,
We couldn’t agree more!
On Common Dreams today, Ted Rall highlights the level of complicity of the corporate media in helping to sell the public on the ten year war of aggression in Afghanistan. As he points out, “all wars demand contempt for The Other”. But when waging a war of naked, unprovoked aggression there is a need to rely on an even higher level of enemy dehumanization than usual in order to maintain political support for the sacrifices on “our side” that occur.
And, unfortunately, the corporate media has been doing their part in this scenario.
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