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We’re told that we’re facing a new Hitler. That this is a “new axis of evil” and a “Cold War 2.0.” That if we don’t “forcefully confront” Putin, it’s “appeasement.”
Here we go again.
With talk of war in Ukraine rising to a fever pitch, U.S. media outlets are once again beating the drums.
We’re told that we’re facing a new Hitler. That this is a “new axis of evil” and a “Cold War 2.0.” That if we don’t “forcefully confront” Putin, it’s “appeasement.”
I’ve covered nearly every major U.S. military action since the 1990s, and it’s always the same.
The talking heads on cable news are almost drooling over the prospect of a ratings-boosting war. Retired Pentagon officials on the payroll of the defense industry are presented as “experts,” often with no disclosure of their financial conflicts of interest.
And once the shooting... starts, mainstream pundits will drop any remaining pretense of journalistic integrity and begin openly cheerleading for “the troops,” like sports announcers rooting for the home team.
Meanwhile, the U.S. is the world’s largest arms dealer and it spends more on “defense” than China, Russia, India, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia combined.
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