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War? What War?Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 08:30.
Topics: internet | Iraq | journalism
The past week saw a dramatic escalation in violence in Iraq and rising civilian deaths, prompting analysts to warn that "Iraqis may be about to witness a new phase in the cycle of violence ... intra-Shi'ite bloodletting that could tear Iraq apart and more deeply embroil U.S. forces." But even these developments have barely cast a media ripple. The Iraq war has also been losing ground for attention on the internet, according to a recent report which shows that "the war in Iraq continues to decline in search interest, down 120 percent over the past three and a half years," while interest turns to topics such as Paris Hilton, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, Heath Ledger and the latest YouTube video.
A total of 4,503 Americans have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan (a figure that does not include employees of private military contractors), while studies of the number of Iraqis who have died have produced estimates ranging from 400,000 to more than a million. 31,187 US soldiers have been wounded overseas. The Pentagon says an additional 9,984 have been injured, and 27,890 have been evacuated after falling ill on the battlefield. Nearly 300,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have gone to the Department of Veterans Affairs for treatment; 250,000 have filed a disability claim with the VA. Behind each of these numbers, of course, there is a human story. Combined, they tell us that the war in Iraq is one of the most pressing problems confronting the United States. Tragically, the beginning of the fifth year of this war appears to have brought us back where we started in terms of public scrutiny, with a cowed media and distracted citizens either blindly following the spin coming from the White House, or worse, simply ignoring one of the most important issues of our day. Sheldon Rampton is research director at the Center for Media and Democracy and the co-author, with John Stauber, of books including Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq and The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Mess in Iraq. Chavez gave $300 millions to terrorist FARCSubmitted by Joaquin F Suarez Perez on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 08:57.
1981 Israel bombing to Sadam's nuclear reactor?, better for my point. If that hasn't happend, not only Israel, but many other countries Sadam attacked (or invaded for oil like Kuwait, even Europe) would be ereased by now, and with them the civilization allies on the region who still face (bravely, as US/allied soldiers) and fight terror (Iran, Chavez's, Castro's super friend) repeats will nuke Israel, Europe, and anywhere once has "the bomb". Here are some more details on that '$300 millions.'Submitted by Mutternich on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 14:57.
WMD? Israel BOOOMBED a Sadam's N U C L E A R reactor alreadySubmitted by Joaquin F Suarez Perez on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 11:58.
The anti-American dems have always been what the enemies need. About 1 decade ago, Israel launched an air attack against a Sadam's NUCLEAR REACTOR. There still the ruins as a silent monument of SADAM's WMD PLANS to any self-programmed anti-American, and as a proove of the war on terror. More than a decade.Submitted by Mutternich on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 14:38.
It happened in 1981, more than two decades ago. Saddam Hussein may well have meant to acquire nuclear weapons back then, but by the time the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 the program had been long dead. In fact, both Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell stated publicly in 2001, before the 9/11 attacks gave the American warmongers the excuse they'd been waiting for to invade Iraq, that Saddam had been contained and posed little threat to the region.
Do you have any evidence that Hugo Chavez has ever paid money to suicide bombers or done anything else like that? Yes, it is already on a (dead) FARC's PCs, AND M O R ESubmitted by Joaquin F Suarez Perez on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 09:04.
terrorist are not only suiciders like Mohamed Atta, Latino terrorists are "not yet suiciders", they "only cut your head off, but if you allow develop their plans with Chavez and the rest of the Iran, Sadam, Siria, etc. publicly declared friends, just wait... a litle time..., click... click... click... Weapons systems? What weapons systems?Submitted by Mutternich on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 12:20.
Another thing the mainstream media pretty much ignore, according to Robert Scheer writing in Truthdig, is astronomical sums spent on useless weapons systems:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080401_a_submarine_to_fight_al_qai... Or who knows, maybe the men behind the curtain are planning a war we can't ignore, one that will put all these expensive toys to their fullest use. |
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Isn't this exactly what the Bush Administration wants? It doesn't really want people paying attention. Recognizing the actual cost, both monetary and human, might cause support for the war to wane even more. It might cause the GOP to suffer an even bigger defeat in the next election, despite the Dems impotentance since gaining a majority in Congress.