Tag Archives: Gulf War

Chris Hedges: Worthy and Unworthy Victims

March 9, 2022 · by · in Militarism, Military Madness, psychological warfare, U.S. Foreign Policy

Worthy victims allow citizens to see themselves as empathetic, compassionate, and just. Worthy victims are an effective tool to demonize the aggressor. They are used to obliterate nuance and ambiguity.

Chris Hedges: The Unraveling of the American Empire

April 24, 2021 · by · in capitalist system, corporate empire, Government/Politics, International Relations, U.S. Foreign Policy

“There is not a single case since 1941 when the coups, political assassinations, election fraud, black propaganda, blackmail, kidnapping, brutal counter-insurgency campaigns, U.S. sanctioned massacres, torture in global black sites, proxy wars or military interventions carried out by the United States resulted in the establishment of a democratic government.”

Beverly Gologorsky | In the Shadow of War: Life and Fiction in 21st Century America

December 11, 2013 · by · in Militarism, Military Madness, Peace

Snaking past the Capitol, an extremely long line of men in uniform threw purple hearts and medals of every sort into a trash bin. Most then made a brief statement about why they hated the war  . . . One soldier, resisting the visible urge to cry, simply walked off without saying a word, onl […]