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"War becomes perpetual when used as a rationale for peace." ;
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The film "War Made Easy", mentioned in the article;
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War Made Easy shows generations of interchangeable reporters dutifully recording sanctimonious bullshit preached by generations of interchangeable politicians claiming that industrialized ******** is the path to peace. Oblivious, or uncaring, about how they are being used by the war machine, the scribblers mechanically jot down simplistic explanations for the commission of unspeakable acts that are done for complex geopolitical reasons to which neither the scribes not the public is privy.
Today, they are paid to amplify professionally designed fear memes such as "Islamo-fascism," "dirty bombs" and "biowarfare" while demonizing the enemy of the week as a "little Hitler." Solomon points out that we are trained to view our wars through the eyes of the invaders (us) and not the ******** eyes of our victims. Political dissenters and war protesters are easily portrayed by the entertainment news "hosts" as traitors or ne'er-do-wells. Meanwhile, platoons of intellectually shallow journalists seldom ask tough questions about the power elite's motives until American troops are defeated in battle. And then they blame the leaders of the moment and never a socioeconomic system that thrives upon and lusts for endless war.
"War becomes perpetual when used as a rationale for peace." ;
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The film "War Made Easy", mentioned in the article;
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War Made Easy shows generations of interchangeable reporters dutifully recording sanctimonious bullshit preached by generations of interchangeable politicians claiming that industrialized ******** is the path to peace. Oblivious, or uncaring, about how they are being used by the war machine, the scribblers mechanically jot down simplistic explanations for the commission of unspeakable acts that are done for complex geopolitical reasons to which neither the scribes not the public is privy.
Today, they are paid to amplify professionally designed fear memes such as "Islamo-fascism," "dirty bombs" and "biowarfare" while demonizing the enemy of the week as a "little Hitler." Solomon points out that we are trained to view our wars through the eyes of the invaders (us) and not the ******** eyes of our victims. Political dissenters and war protesters are easily portrayed by the entertainment news "hosts" as traitors or ne'er-do-wells. Meanwhile, platoons of intellectually shallow journalists seldom ask tough questions about the power elite's motives until American troops are defeated in battle. And then they blame the leaders of the moment and never a socioeconomic system that thrives upon and lusts for endless war.
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