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Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, discusses statements made by Defense Secretary Robert Gates regarding the war in Afghanistan and the imperialistic mindset that has become far too common in the framing of US foreign policy.

http://www.truthout.org/030209D

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Preaching to the choir?

Information Clearinghouse
by Timothy Gatto

03/02/09

Of course you could say that Obama is a million times better than Bush. That’s like saying tuberculosis is better than the Ebola virus. Our society is still on life-support when it comes to being ‘The shining example on the hill’ to other nations that George H.W. Bush tried to portray us as. The only people that don’t realize our entire foreign policy is a sham are the American people. Everyone else on the planet understands that America has become a world class tyrant. Still, our people are fed pabulum for news by the tightly controlled American media, controlled by a few corporate entities, all spouting the same propaganda...

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22134.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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