By Herbert P. BixIn late 1945, in a context of restored peace, American leaders set about constructing the postwar international order. Among the issues they confronted were the establishment of the United Nations and the reaction of U.S. citizens to the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The latter especially provoked a short-lived mood of uncertainty about the … [Read more...] about Immunity of Non-Combatants and Myth of Good Intentions: 61 Years After Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Archives for August 2006
IRAN, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL AND…HIROSHIMA
ZNet Commentary News Media's Love-Hate for Nuclear Weapons August 19, 2006 By Norman SolomonSince the Soviet Union collapsed a decade and a half ago, nuclear weaponry has been mostly relegated to back pages and mental back burners in the United States. A big media uproar about nuclear weapons is apt to happen only when the man in the Oval Office has chosen to make an issue of … [Read more...] about IRAN, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL AND…HIROSHIMA
Terrorism: The Real Threat We Face In Britain Is Blair
by John PilgerIf the alleged plot to attack airliners flying from London is true - remember the lies that led to the invasion of Iraq, and to the raid on a "terrorist cell" in east London - then one person ultimately is to blame, as he was on 7 July last year. They were Blair's bombs then; who doesn't believe that 52 Londoners would be alive today had the Prime Minister … [Read more...] about Terrorism: The Real Threat We Face In Britain Is Blair
Noam Chomsky on Media Treatment of Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Chomsky, on the mainstream media treatment of the Lebanon attacks, from the Znet Forums (in answer to a question on media coverage).There are scattered and good reports about the suffering of the Lebanese. But overwhelmingly, it's presented from the Israeli point of view. And there is only oblique indication of the fact that it is a US-Israeli attack, not an Israeli-attack. … [Read more...] about Noam Chomsky on Media Treatment of Israeli attacks on Lebanon
(1) ARE “ISRAEL: AND “JEWS” SYNONYMOUS? and (2) AIPAC Congratulates Itself on Lebanon Slaughter
By Danny SchechterMediachannel.org News Dissector Danny Schechter is "Blogger in Chief"of Mediachannel.org. His latest film is "In Debt We Trust." (Indebtwetrust.com) Comments to Dissector@mediachannel.orgI remember reading a story once about some of the Jewish fighters during the years of the Nazi genocide who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewer system … [Read more...] about (1) ARE “ISRAEL: AND “JEWS” SYNONYMOUS? and (2) AIPAC Congratulates Itself on Lebanon Slaughter