Let’s make it about you: Can we stop the slaughter now?
The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber
09/23/07
It must always be remembered that Iraq represented no serious threat to the United States, and that our national leaders knew that critical fact before the invasion began in 2003, just as many ‘ordinary’ citizens did. Thus, the invasion and the continuing occupation represent an unforgivable series of monstrous war crimes. Yet our national conversation discusses only American losses, American costs, and American deaths. When the costs to Iraq and to Iraqis are mentioned, they are given a distant second place, if that. As far as Americans are concerned, this is all about us, and only about us...
http://tinyurl.com/2gmuwo
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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by Arthur Silber
09/23/07
It must always be remembered that Iraq represented no serious threat to the United States, and that our national leaders knew that critical fact before the invasion began in 2003, just as many ‘ordinary’ citizens did. Thus, the invasion and the continuing occupation represent an unforgivable series of monstrous war crimes. Yet our national conversation discusses only American losses, American costs, and American deaths. When the costs to Iraq and to Iraqis are mentioned, they are given a distant second place, if that. As far as Americans are concerned, this is all about us, and only about us...
http://tinyurl.com/2gmuwo
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arthur+Silber
rudkla - 24. Sep, 13:25
