Comments on: A Case Study of Power and Media: The Washington Post http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/a-case-study-of-power-and-media-the-washington-post/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:56:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: UNK http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/a-case-study-of-power-and-media-the-washington-post/#comment-31673 UNK Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:39 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4402#comment-31673 Do you seriously believe that US soldiers went to Syria to kill a family? That is preposterous. It is standard operating procedure for all mid-east countries to claim the casualties to be women and children. They do this because they know how easy it is to manipulate liberals and Europeans. You haven't seen the Palestinian fake news broadcasts? "Dead" women and children suddenly get up after they yell "cut." I have seen staged events in Iraq myself. Also, the raid was not unilateral, Iraqi forces were involved also. To equate what foreign fighters do in Iraq to what our soldiers do there is, to put it mildly, stupid. Foreign fighters (again this is all what I have witnessed) target women for not adhering to Muslim dress, priests, perceived American sympathizers, Iraqi government employees, and lastly, occasionally, American soldiers. They are cowards and murderers. Most of their time in Iraq is spent kidnapping completely innocent Iraqis for ransom to pay for their war. Most of their victims are tortured (and not in the waterboarding sense) and many are beheaded. American soldiers never use deadly force against non-threats. There is, unfortunately, civilian deaths; they are accidental and unforgivable, but not intentional. Do you seriously believe that US soldiers went to Syria to kill a family? That is preposterous. It is standard operating procedure for all mid-east countries to claim the casualties to be women and children. They do this because they know how easy it is to manipulate liberals and Europeans. You haven’t seen the Palestinian fake news broadcasts? “Dead” women and children suddenly get up after they yell “cut.” I have seen staged events in Iraq myself.
Also, the raid was not unilateral, Iraqi forces were involved also.
To equate what foreign fighters do in Iraq to what our soldiers do there is, to put it mildly, stupid. Foreign fighters (again this is all what I have witnessed) target women for not adhering to Muslim dress, priests, perceived American sympathizers, Iraqi government employees, and lastly, occasionally, American soldiers. They are cowards and murderers. Most of their time in Iraq is spent kidnapping completely innocent Iraqis for ransom to pay for their war. Most of their victims are tortured (and not in the waterboarding sense) and many are beheaded.
American soldiers never use deadly force against non-threats. There is, unfortunately, civilian deaths; they are accidental and unforgivable, but not intentional.

]]> By: bozhidar bob balkas http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/a-case-study-of-power-and-media-the-washington-post/#comment-31065 bozhidar bob balkas Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:00:52 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4402#comment-31065 yes, the greed is a panhuman phenomenon. but it does not exist per se and by itself. it is connected w. our hopes, thinking, all our emotions and thus can be influenced to remain in proper balance. there is nothing wrong w. 'greed' (single quotes indicate that it is not elementalistic;ie existing in isolation). it's works of nature just like awe, respect, anger, hope, etc. i'v said this before: let's not run us dwn. we'r ok; there is nothing wrong w. us. but there is much, too much wrong w. our institutions and master-serf relationship. thnx yes, the greed is a panhuman phenomenon. but it does not exist per se and by itself.
it is connected w. our hopes, thinking, all our emotions and thus can be influenced to remain in proper balance.
there is nothing wrong w. ‘greed’ (single quotes indicate that it is not elementalistic;ie existing in isolation).
it’s works of nature just like awe, respect, anger, hope, etc.
i’v said this before: let’s not run us dwn. we’r ok; there is nothing wrong w. us.
but there is much, too much wrong w. our institutions and master-serf relationship. thnx

]]> By: Brian Koontz http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/a-case-study-of-power-and-media-the-washington-post/#comment-31049 Brian Koontz Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:18:10 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4402#comment-31049 Greed and delusion ties all of the evil together. Greed is the logic of acquisition, of stealing from the world and pulling it into oneself, leaving oneself stuffed and the world barren. Delusion is the convolutions necessary to believe what one is doing is right. ALL Americans and quite possibly all civilized people are greedy and deluded - and the entire system, from the peasant to the CEO, works together. The function of the civilized ruling class from a consensual perspective is to say that they are the best ones to lead the rest of the people to wealth. The poor accept the power of the wealthy out of greed - the same motivation the wealthy themselves have. Greed and delusion ties all of the evil together. Greed is the logic of acquisition, of stealing from the world and pulling it into oneself, leaving oneself stuffed and the world barren. Delusion is the convolutions necessary to believe what one is doing is right.

ALL Americans and quite possibly all civilized people are greedy and deluded – and the entire system, from the peasant to the CEO, works together.

The function of the civilized ruling class from a consensual perspective is to say that they are the best ones to lead the rest of the people to wealth. The poor accept the power of the wealthy out of greed – the same motivation the wealthy themselves have.

]]> By: bozhidar bob balkas http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/11/a-case-study-of-power-and-media-the-washington-post/#comment-31025 bozhidar bob balkas Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:45:07 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=4402#comment-31025 is media is lesser of greater evils? of all the great evils in US, which is the greatest? is it military? people who manufacture ever more powerful bombs/missiles? uncle sam? war planners/pentagon? 'scientists' who invent weapons? 95% of amers who look on w. approval? thnx is media is lesser of greater evils? of all the great evils in US, which is the greatest?
is it military? people who manufacture ever more powerful bombs/missiles? uncle sam? war planners/pentagon?
’scientists’ who invent weapons?
95% of amers who look on w. approval? thnx

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