What
is the matter with U.S. Media it seem to be worse than other
countries ? In two senses it is.
The
most important isn't at first as obvious to the US citizen until one
stands off from being an American and look with a incisive mind at to
what is different about American public (consumers of news [sic]).
To
wit I've included the following piece.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/patrick-pexton-what-about-israels-nuclear-weapons/2012/08/31/390e486a-f389-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_print.html
To
someone from outside the US this is as I wrote on another site
[With
all respect.., I would rate the piece as worthy of a high school
'journalism' (?) effort.
Who
amongst us didn't know virtually everything written in the article
and more? Then again he is writing for USA and it's citizenry not to
mention under their paranoid military manufacturing complex and
assorted Corporates' domination.
A
trawl through the 'Guardian' archives goes a lot further actually
discussing the nature of the nuke site, how the Israelis fooled the
USA and the inspectors way back.....What this says about Israel's
paranoia duplicity towards its friends I'm not entirely sure.
What
is missing is the simple logic that the USA (probably Russia, France
et al) has for years been able to monitor from space and via
sophisticated seismic equipment can tell any underground or air
testing of nukes anywhere in the world. Yet we're lead to believe by
this article that the US et sec doesn't have very convincing evidence
either way. What? A piss ant country with what 6 million people (same
population of Iraq) like Israel which is the US's biggest recipient
of aid, particularly military aid, hold off US dominance? I know the
US myopic supply of weapons has a history akin to like a water
buffalo with a bad attitude, (all bull and no long term smarts) ….
But really...they (US) don't know ?
The
only alternative is that if Israel has nukes they haven't tested them
tested above ground since the 70's or underground since the late 80's
… That I find very hard to believe.
The
implicit relevant point is that American's are generally so
jingoistic they are more often than not wilfully ignorant/
disinterested in anything that doesn't pertain to the US or them
personally. The horrific implications of the Israel/ USA V the “Arab”
(sic) (Iran is Persian...not Arab) world conflict is more obvious to
the rest of the world but not the average American....they believe
they'll be safe,they're not ! 911 AGW the rise of China (they are the U.S.A.'s primary bankers and it's in the process of losing it's $ dominance).
The U.S. Public seem to believe that they invented resistance to larger powers and the concepts in their Declaration of Independence and Constitution. The reality is they didn't! One wonder what they think will stop the hegemonic nations from doing exactly what the U.S. founding father's did at the first available option. What makes them believe that watching their dead coming home from a U.S. initiated war of perceived interest (corporate interests most likely), a war they were pressured into, is going to endear them to the U.S.their trade practices don't help either. The U.S public believe they are safe from human nature...again they're not!
Once
one accepts this limitation 'America’s exceptionalism' all the
other disasters/ limitations are emotionally justifiable. Keep in
mind unless we guard against it the sales maxim holds true “
emotion decides and logic simply justifies”. If one assumes one is
superior to others then “people who don't conform to my conflated
criteria keeping them in their place (subservience) becomes
logical.” e.g. I got rich by hard work (sick) therefore anyone less
than me is deficient in some way and needs punishing or my
patronising." i.e. I got rich so the fact that they aren't means they're lazy so force them to work ' (like there's an endless chance of jobs)....
Let's get real there isn't because corporations et al want it that way it forces down wages (less overheads) making more profit. And when the current host country's population demand more wages the corps will simply move to a cheaper employee market.
Even America's famous military market dominance is being challenged...Other countries are competing and the corporations are selling weapons to increasingly dubious purchasers .....e.g. the mercenaries/weapons dealers who have No allegiances except to the $ . I.e. the biggest private army in the world is training Somali jihardists etc.
As
for his finish about 'if he was a child of the Jewish Holocaust'
...relevance? Justification for what he knows ? (i.e. HE READS PAPERS
OUTSIDE THE U.S. PERHAPS)...the existence of Israel's nukes.]
The
final point can be gleaned from analysing the author's most banal
comment about ' because it is hard doesn't mean it shouldn't be done'
what a cop out! Tell the truth sir it isn't done because the powers
to be (the military manufacturing complex, Commercial and Jewish
commercial interests with whom they deal, don't want it done. They
have already punished a media outlet of broadcasting an Israel
“unfriendly” story by cancelling ads. There is little doubt in my
mind of the US government (regardless of side) is a captive of these
interests.
Sadly
the party system (either side) encourages this.
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