Re: [iwar] Saddam pics and Orwell's Room 101

From: Tony Bartoletti <azb@llnl.gov>
Date: Thu Dec 18 2003 - 10:33:31 PST

At 04:44 AM 12/18/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>
>A media victory
>
>By Rogel Alpher , Haaretz

[snip]

>There is no evading the feeling that the well-
>oiled propaganda machinery managed in this case to rewrite history
>and that public opinion has bought it. Fortunately, Saddam really is
>a bastard. But such passive public opinion is a horrifying sight to
>behold.

Indeed. Much of this (overall) coverage reminds me of watching "pro"
wrestling entertainment. The unspoken goal is to hit the opponent over the
head with a chair while the referee is suitably distracted...

The crowd cheers ...

Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 <azb@llnl.gov>
Information Operations and Assurance Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA 94551-9900

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Received on Thu Dec 18 10:40:13 2003

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