Gene Lyons on why not every conflict in WWII

[mooseandsquirrel]

In the age of mass media, political propaganda imitates TV melodrama. Particularly in the U. S., the discussion of foreign affairs—crucial questions involving the lives of millions—follows the conventions of the action / adventure film: an idealistic American hero, a villain with his wicked henchmen, a dramatic “crisis,” redemptive violence and an imagined resolution, order and tranquility restored. Americans have been sold the identical scenario many times, most recently in Iraq. A “madman” materializes somewhere in the Third World. Even when, like Saddam Hussein, the villain may have been a U. S. client, he’s depicted as motiveless and malign, an “evildoer” who “hates freedom.” His deluded followers are robot-like, insectile. There’s no time for critical thinking. We must destroy the brute before he attacks.

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[Yatar]

1. Thinking is for dummies....

Or so they think. Otherwise you'd have to pull your head out of the freakin sand...