One day I’m going to write something about the idiotic SMART POWER bandied around by HAILary CLINGON… err… what’s that transmogrified creature’s name again????
For now, here’s something from William Blum.
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It doesn’t matter to them if it’s untrue. It’s a higher truth.
The New York Times (March 22) observed:
The Los Angeles Times (April 7) added this about the rebels’ media operation:
- No pro-[Qaddafi] reportage or commentary
- No mention of a civil war. (The Libyan people, east and west, are unified in a war against a totalitarian regime.)
- No discussion of tribes or tribalism. (There is only one tribe: Libya.)
- No references to Al Qaeda or Islamic extremism. (That’s [Qaddafi’s] propaganda.)