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March 14, 2006
Media Memes of the War on Terror
Chester posts on his blog some media memes of the War on Terror and asks how they might be categorized or classified. The ones he came up with are
-the US is disrespectful of Islam (the Newsweek story)-the US routinely violates human rights (Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib)
-the Iraq war is analogous to the Vietnam war
-Iraq is perpetually on the brink of civil war
-extreme Islam should be tolerated (the refusal to publish cartoons)
-Iraq grows more violent by the day
Commenter El Jefe Maximo adds a few more
The US has driven Iran to build a bomb.The Islamicist movement is a defensive response to US led globalization.
The Iraqi "resistance" is a legitimate response to foreign occupation.
The Iraqi government has no legitimacy because it was planted by a foreign occupation.
Saddam governed Iraq in the only way possible.
Al Sadr is a true Iraqi nationalist: he's uniting Sunni and Shia Iraqis against the Americans.
Islam good, Neocons bad.
Our overreaction to 9/11 feeds violence and Al Qaeda.
Peace only when we bring the troops home.
Violence in Iraq result of too few troops.
Pro US government in Iraq oppresses women and minorities.
Pro US government in Iraq tortures its opponents.
Dangerous if Iraqi government succeeds, because US may try this kind of intervention again.
Bush responsible for Katrina, Rita, Wilma and for too much/little rain and the crops not growing (okay, that was a joke...I think).
All this illustrates perfectly why I watch virtually no TV news anymore(including Fox). Newspapers are better, and readers of this blog know that I quote both the Washington Times and Washington Post regularly. But for the most part if you want to find out what's going on you'll have to visit the blogosphere, especially the sites I link to at right.
Chester is an Iraq war vet and his blog is a must-read. You'll find it as "The Adventures of Chester" at right under "War on Terror Analysis"
I'd send him a trackback but in order to try and get a handle on spam he's turned them (and comments) off for now.
Posted by Tom at March 14, 2006 9:15 AM
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