3 Comments
User's avatar
⭠ Return to thread
Barry J Kaufman DO's avatar

The corporate media amplifies whatever they are fed by their respective parties and acts in deference to their corporate sponsors. They parrot establishment narratives regarding perpetual war and austerity for people in favor of American imperialist directives, while each side complains about their mistreatment by the other siede of the media landscape. If the media did their job, we would have never invaded Iraq, but there were Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden championing American nationalism when they knew there were no weapons of mass destruction or anything close. Obama dropped over 50,000 bombs during his presidency and blew up hospitals and school buses packed with kids. Biden has aided the Trump of Tel Aviv in a declared genocide of Muslims, but I see no outrage from either side of the media. And I agree if the media did their job we would have neither Trump nor Biden as our presidential candidates, further proof that we are spiritually and morally dead in our drive to back the most amoral and dishonest and of men. And the irony of your criticism of media is not lost when you can't even edit your own articles.

Expand full comment
Jo Blow's avatar

I doubt your assertion about Hillary and Joe. The whole pitch by Colin Powell was that WMD was found. As far as Obama is concerned…bullshit on you!

Israel is different. Biden can hardly back away and lose Jewish votes. Netanyahu knows he can push this button and he knows he’ll get what he wants from Republicans if they win.

The world is full of dichotomy. The question is never about the perfect option. It’t about trade offs which are never so simple as you would prefer.

As a parting shot, if you so despise “American Imperialist Directives”, be reminded that in their absence someone else would fill the void. Who would you prefer? Russia perhaps? Anything come to mind?

Expand full comment
Kenneth Whitfield's avatar

The military industrial complex has a very unjustifiable influence on American policy. For as long was re remain a war monger if society, both at home and abroad, America will remain far to beholden to its implements of destruction lobby.

Expand full comment