Tweedledum and Tweedledumber
The Brookings Brothers O'Hanlon and Pollack are making the rounds, visiting all the usual suspects disguised as "analysts who have harshly criticized the Bush administration's miserable handling of Iraq" so they can trumpet the success of The Surge They Have So Faithfully Supported. Our Corporate Media are the most gullible assholes the world has ever seen. "Fool me one - shame on you. Fool me twice - shame on me. Fool me 1,352 times - I must be an American journalist!"
Glenn Greenwald - Salon
Glenn Greenwald - Salon
When it comes to the Iraq War, Mike O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack are rank pro-war propagandists whose differences with Bill Kristol, Fred Kagan and National Review are microscopic. Indeed, this year, O'Hanlon and Fred Kagan jointly authored a Grand Plan (.pdf) for a wild expansion of the U.S. military in order to support the new wars they undoubtedly are envisioning together. It is more surprising -- and more newsworthy -- that the sun rose this morning than it is that O'Hanlon and Pollack have announced that the Surge is Succeeding.Technorati Tags: OHanlon, Pollack, Iraq, war, propaganda, tools, OUT NOW
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I spent yesterday and today reading through virtually all of the writings and interviews of these two Brookings geniuses over the past four years concerning Iraq. There is no coherence or consistency to anything they say. It shifts constantly. They say whatever they need to say at the moment to justify the war for which they bear responsibility. It is exactly like reading through the writings of Bill Kristol, Tom Friedman and every other individual who flamboyantly supported this disaster and -- motivated solely by salvaging their own reputations -- are desperate to find some method to argue that they were right.Even though I write frequently about how broken and corrupt our establishment media is, witnessing these two war lovers -- supporters of the invasion, advocates of the Surge, comrades of Fred Kagan -- mindlessly depicted all day yesterday by media mouthpieces as the opposite of what they are was really quite startling. After all, there is a record as long as it is clear demonstrating what they really are.
