Kafkish

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   by Kafkish 5y ago

   The 2003 Iraq war was, most people now know, based on a lie. What most people didn't know, and still don't know, is that Desert Storm itself was based on a lie. Like the 2003 lie, it backfired. It's a long story, but if readi
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   by Kafkish 5y ago

   The key phrase back then was "anti-American". And if you criticized GW when he was leading those war efforts, you were guilty of treason. At least that was what Dick Cheney said.
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   by Kafkish 5y ago

   That, I think, is intentional.
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   by Kafkish 5y ago

   Not just the NYT. Every major news org, including right-wing radio shows, were beating the drums of war. If you were against the war effort, like I was, you were called "anti-American".