Shooting War Getting A Grip Wolves In Sheep's Clothing

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R334645
2 months ago
GWHunta

Follow the money.

NPR requires funding and must meet the expectations of those who provide it while maintaining its base of listeners.

NPR is somewhat left of the mainstream media which is decidedly biased towards the “war.”

Even Mr. Soloman, the writer of this article, injects some of this same pro “war” bias by referring to the occupation of Iraq by what is isn’t.

A war.

The Iraqi people aren’t the “enemy,” nor a threat to the United States.

The “conflict” in Iraq is an occupation by a foreign power(s) which is propping up a puppet regime, who’s actual power is derived from the occupiers and is solidly based in the American “Green Zone.”

While the insurgents certainly view the Americans and their Iraqi subordinates that pose as the Iraqi central government as the enemy, it is an ongoing struggle for political power within Iraq that is fueling the violence from both sides.

Only in the absence of American military power and the current heavy handed political and business influence on Iraq will any “democratic” balance of power be achieved between Iraqis.

Until the Iraqis reach this point of balance in political power, the bloodshed is certain to continue.

Peace,

R334724
2 months ago
Shoggoth

I always thought their reporters were way too polite when the interviewee provided an obviously bullshit answer.

R334801
2 months ago
zephid

Having listened to the same broadcast as discussed by this article, I’ve gotta say that wasn’t the impression I got out of it. Some of the supposition of this article is clearly flavored more paranoid than necessary. For instance, the interviewer using the same terminology as the interviewed is more for clarity’s sake than anything else, not necessarily the evidence of a consensus. True, the term “the enemy” can be construed rather broadly in this conflict, but how much does one really expect in a radio broadcast interview most likely edited down to fill a five- to seven-minute slot?

It’s interesting that you say these shared sensibilities are harming the objectivity and value of NPR’s coverage, and yet everything I’ve heard on NPR in recent months over Iraq has only seemed to point out how deep a quagmire the United States is in.

R334840
2 months ago
GWHunta

Beats listening to FOX.

R334841
2 months ago
zirkonyx

shogo…i agree about the timidity of the NPR interviewers, and have noticed that since i was a child listening to NPR at home

R334894
1 month ago
sakura10

You just used the word “diabolical” to describe attacks on the U.S. military by Iraqis, but would that ever be an appropriate adjective to use to describe attacks on Iraqis by the U.S. military?

What would you expect that question to produce? Rigging the body of an enemy with explosives, so when his friends come to collect him, it explodes, could be described as “diabolical”.

Shock and awe, depleted uranium, phosphorus, these are all terrible means of death and destruction. To me, they don’t make wiring up mentally ill people to explode in public markets any more honorable.

R334903
1 month ago
GWHunta

“Diabolical” is also a fitting description for the unannounced arrival of a AGM-114 Hellfire missile launched by an operator half a world away from a MQ-1 Predator circling high above, unseen and unheard, to the wedding party of innocent Muslim families.

Whoops! doesn’t quite cover that one.

Sometimes no Peace

Post Modified: 03/31/08 09:49:17
R334928
1 month ago
Ted

NPR actually did a little piece on Winter Soldier unlike all of the other MSM. They tend to look at both sides of the story for the most part.

R334953
1 month ago
zephid

I know I’m arguing semantics here, but no it’s not. That sounds more tragic than diabolical, unless the operator expressly planned for that missile to take out those Muslim families.

R335518
1 month ago
Liam

So Normon Solomon wants us to know that NPR supports the status quo in all things war… well, what’s the big surprise there? If Fox belongs, in large measure, to the neo-Cons, then NPR belongs to the neo-Libs. And the difference between a neo-con and a neo-lib is as plain and simple as Hillary Clinton’s voting record.

Post Modified: 04/06/08 16:17:25
R335600
1 month ago
dikweed
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