Among the few heroes of this devastating film are reporters with the Knight Ridder/McClatchy bureau in D.C. Tragically late, Walter Isaacson, who headed CNN, observes, "The people at Knight Ridder were calling the colonels and the lieutenants and the people in the CIA and finding out, you know, that the intelligence is not very good. We should've all been doing that."
At the close, Moyers mentions some of the chief proponents of the war who refused to speak to him for this program, including Thomas Friedman, Bill Kristol, Roger Ailes, Charles Krauthammer, Judith Miller, and William Safire.
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They should also include a comparison of the overwhelming support for the Vietnam War the Government enjoyed for the first years of the war. Walter Cronkite for example was a staunch supporter, gleefully gushing about VC body counts and US victories for years. He also was never brought to trial for his lies and propaganda.
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“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous, the essential act of warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour”
The news media did NOT fall down in its duties, it in fact stood up and rose to the occasion. That's the problem, far too many people THINK that for profit corporations run by insiders and thieves have any duty to inform and tell the truth.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
democracy? Shocking stuff! It's in the business of
making money, not in the business of being credible
and truthful.
As long as people continue to watch that crap, the
media will continue to lie to them.
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As it turns out, the entire plan has been on-line for anyone to see, including the Chinese and Russians. The plan even includes the requirement for a "new Pearl Harbor" attack which was drafted up about 2 years before the 9/11 false-flag attacks.<br />
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It's all laid out right here, in plain sight for even the Chinese and Russians to ponder about:<br />
<a href="http://www.newamericancentury.org/">http://www.newamericancentury.org/</a><br />
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The people behind the scheme are about as dumb as shit bricks, but the people who should be rising up against them are even dumber than that.<br />
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Analysis:<br />
<a href="http://www.pnac.info/">http://www.pnac.info/</a>
media will continue to lie to them."
You said it!
People have to wise up or nothing will change.
Would this referance be any differance to those running our countries now. Good find! We are drowning and it don't seem to be bothering anyone what will happen when we want to breath.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.