tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post8778074816107029046..comments2023-12-23T19:04:18.739-05:00Comments on The Crow's Eye: Gee, someone wants to bomb Iran...Jack Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-38384312334729638152010-04-17T06:59:09.938-04:002010-04-17T06:59:09.938-04:00With you on that, E.With you on that, E.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-59286902574347581982010-04-14T20:00:09.365-04:002010-04-14T20:00:09.365-04:00That phrase "up against" makes me gag al...That phrase "up against" makes me gag almost as much as "our troops."Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-25143081777054454842010-04-14T15:26:22.845-04:002010-04-14T15:26:22.845-04:00A,
I agree - this could provide an object lesson ...A,<br /><br />I agree - this could provide an object lesson for why invading and occupying people usually requires unceasing brutality, and dehumanization, and still generally ends up failing (unless, like Roman and Persian despots, you just butcher or disperse whole populations).<br /><br />But, instead, it's a drum up for "scary Iran" and "oil insecurity."Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-12869944612356028702010-04-14T15:14:23.448-04:002010-04-14T15:14:23.448-04:00Also, on the topic of people supporting things tha...Also, on the topic of people supporting things that are not in their best interests, there's a great editorial on Al Jazeera English today entitled "Hypocrisy and the End of Empires: Is the US media's desensitising of wars abroad leading to growing populist hypocrisy?" which you might enjoy.<br /><br />http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/04/20104144134810956.htmlAndromedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05339939069458146288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-20564339405654445412010-04-14T15:02:15.002-04:002010-04-14T15:02:15.002-04:00A rational person might look at that footage of EF...A rational person might look at that footage of EFPs, hear "This is what our troops are up against today", and wonder <i>why</i> we are over there at all, and see that video as nothing more than yet another very good reason to get the <i>hell</i> out of Iraq.<br /><br />Instead, I guess it works on most people's emotions, which is the only language that the media and the politicians speak nowadays. It's fear-mongering, with a handful of patriotism and "support the troops" thrown in for good measure, designed to make you support things that are probably not in your best interests (nor in the best interests of the troops who are currently dying in Iraq and Afghanistan).Andromedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05339939069458146288noreply@blogger.com