This is a salient reminder of how on-the-ground realities can differ from media spin and propaganda. When I hear the right clamoring to send people to CECOT and Alligator Alcatraz, I wish they...
This is a salient reminder of how on-the-ground realities can differ from media spin and propaganda. When I hear the right clamoring to send people to CECOT and Alligator Alcatraz, I wish they would demonstrate some awareness of what happened at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay. Not to mention Auschwitz or Dachau, but the recency and Americanness of the newer ones ought to make them more tangible for people today. Yet, the complete absence of historical recognition is heartbreaking.
It was only 20 years ago. You don’t need to read about it in some dry textbook. Most of us voters lived through it. But it’s like, poof — straight down the memory hole.
I almost felt sorry for soldiers like these, who initially believed in the mission, then became disillusioned. But it was so obviously a stupid war, even before it began. Bush first claimed Iraq...
I almost felt sorry for soldiers like these, who initially believed in the mission, then became disillusioned.
But it was so obviously a stupid war, even before it began.
Bush first claimed Iraq was linked to Al Qaeda. It was so obviously personal to him.
Then Bush claimed WMDs/ Hussain was a bad guy/ America would bring freedom!
Never mind that the UN said Iraq had no WMDs.
Ignore that Iraq's Shia majority might align Iraq more closely with Iran.
Ignore that Iran used to be a westernized democracy before it was destabilized by America.
Forget America had just witnessed a war in the middle east that had no clear exit strategy.
Put aside that 9/11 largely grew out of a destabilized a middle eastern country that was also destabalized.
It was so obviously a stupid war, even before it began. Yet it was so obvious it was on the cards.
A little known Chicago state senator protested this war in 2002.
I protested this war before it began in San Francisco.
Lets not pretend the discovery of no WMDs was a big surprise.
It was only a surprise to those who got their news from the very pro war news channels .
Which back then was probably 80-95% of the population.
This is a salient reminder of how on-the-ground realities can differ from media spin and propaganda. When I hear the right clamoring to send people to CECOT and Alligator Alcatraz, I wish they would demonstrate some awareness of what happened at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay. Not to mention Auschwitz or Dachau, but the recency and Americanness of the newer ones ought to make them more tangible for people today. Yet, the complete absence of historical recognition is heartbreaking.
It was only 20 years ago. You don’t need to read about it in some dry textbook. Most of us voters lived through it. But it’s like, poof — straight down the memory hole.
I almost felt sorry for soldiers like these, who initially believed in the mission, then became disillusioned.
But it was so obviously a stupid war, even before it began.
Bush first claimed Iraq was linked to Al Qaeda. It was so obviously personal to him.
Then Bush claimed WMDs/ Hussain was a bad guy/ America would bring freedom!
Never mind that the UN said Iraq had no WMDs.
Ignore that Iraq's Shia majority might align Iraq more closely with Iran.
Ignore that Iran used to be a westernized democracy before it was destabilized by America.
Forget America had just witnessed a war in the middle east that had no clear exit strategy.
Put aside that 9/11 largely grew out of a destabilized a middle eastern country that was also destabalized.
It was so obviously a stupid war, even before it began. Yet it was so obvious it was on the cards.
A little known Chicago state senator protested this war in 2002.
I protested this war before it began in San Francisco.
Lets not pretend the discovery of no WMDs was a big surprise.
It was only a surprise to those who got their news from the very pro war news channels .
Which back then was probably 80-95% of the population.