GO USA!!! GO USA!!! LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE!!!! "Late last year, it emerged that the Pentagon had paid a private company, the Lincoln Group, to plant hundreds of stories in Iraqi newspapers. The stories - all supportive of US policy - were written by military personnel and then placed in Iraqi publications."
I wonder how much of the sentiment that say the majority of Iraqis love the US being there is owed to these stories? If any other country did this it would be seen as ..well...evil wouldn't it? Lies, subterfuge, war,slicing and dicing rights to privacy and other civil rights, scandal after scandal where money goes to big corporations, killing the environment and passing laws and reneging on treaties at the behest of corporations (Abramoff). It sounds like the start of some "Sci-Fi" post apocalyptic future novel. I know the overall standard of living in the US is probably still better than in many places, but I would be just a little worried when things in my country started to sound more and more like those dreadful nihilistic stories that were once thought to be impossible Fiction. It really does sound like The Empire from Star Wars *chuckle*. Hey, doesn't the US actually have a space based initiative Called Star Wars? *sad smile* On 1/29/06, Andrew Grosset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Makes you think: > > "The US military seeks the capability to knock out every telephone, every > networked computer, every radar system on the planet" > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4655196.stm > > Andrew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194962 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
