Re:Why Militaries Destroy Cities to Save Them
by bigmonads on Monday November 12, 2018 @01:00PM
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Articles written in the US about the US military destroying cities to "save them" are always positive like this.
Compare that to American media coverage of ISIS's "Management of Savagery" (e.g. https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/14/opinions/paris-attacks-isis-s...) in which essentially the same strategy of destruction, rebuilding, and recivilization is described as 'the end goal is to inflict significant political, economic and social consequences through "savagery"' (a complete misunderstanding of the tactic, if not a purposeful fabrication).
Simply put: this is not a strategy for "saving cities or people". That drinks directly from the propaganda line. It's merely a tactic for gaining control of a population and geography as an aspect of a larger strategy to achieve national/group interests (be they oil, geopolitical, religious...)
Compare that to American media coverage of ISIS's "Management of Savagery" (e.g. https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/14/opinions/paris-attacks-isis-s...) in which essentially the same strategy of destruction, rebuilding, and recivilization is described as 'the end goal is to inflict significant political, economic and social consequences through "savagery"' (a complete misunderstanding of the tactic, if not a purposeful fabrication).
Simply put: this is not a strategy for "saving cities or people". That drinks directly from the propaganda line. It's merely a tactic for gaining control of a population and geography as an aspect of a larger strategy to achieve national/group interests (be they oil, geopolitical, religious...)