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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (2715)	9/18/2003 7:24:17 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

I've lived in the U.S. all my life and there is all sorts of propaganda in our society. In fact, it's probably more dangerous in the U.S. because people think we have a free press and aren't on the look out for blantant propaganda like they are in repressive societies (like the former Soviet Union). As Noam Chompsky says, perhaps propaganda is necessary to control the masses in a democracy, because other/violent forms of social control can't be used (thank god). Any intellectual can spot the propaganda in our society easily. This latest attack on Iraq was a textbook example of propaganda American style. Remember all the talk about WMDs and insinuation that Saddam Huessein was connected to 9/11? Well, now up to 70% of the American people are telling that they think Saddam Huessein was involved in 9/11. Even President Bush had to admit yesterday that he hasn't been given any intelligence that Saddam Huessein was connected to 9/11 (something American intellectuals knew all along, but a fact that escaped 70% of the American people, very revealing of how propaganda works in our society). And where are those WMDs that we were all supposed to be so concerned about? I'm concerned about all the WMDs from your former country and from North Korea. Other examples of Propaganda in American/Western societies: The huge war in the Congo that's been raging for years hardly ever gets press coverage in the U.S. and when it does it's limited and usually in media outlets that aren't utilized by the masses? Why so little coverage of a war that is bigger in a lot of respects than the tragedy in the Bulkans during the 1990s? Could it be that the powers that be in Western socities don't want their masses getting riled up about a major war in Africa (that really is of no strategic importance to their economic interests) and demanding action, while the balkans war was a threat to their economic hemogeny over the developed world (i.e. Europe)? That's how propaganda works. The powers that be can control what information reaches the masses and causes a reaction in them. Of course, we focused on Saddam's atrocicites and magnified them, while ignoring ones by equally repressive regimes that happen to be our ally, such as Columbia. Propaganda America style. How about our political debate? It is rather narrow compared to other democracies around the world, don't you think? The powers that be certainly don't want to change that and potentially upset their applecart. That's why they more or less control the political debate by buying politicans and owning the media and political think tanks and such. I mean, a lot of countries are a lot more advanced than the U.S. in a lot of respects, like vacation time, health care for all, liberal drug laws, etc.