Re:Another UFO shot down over Canada by US
by Miraste on Sunday February 12, 2023 @12:32AM
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The 80s is too far back, probably 2003 was the last peak, but since it became clear Afghanistan and Iraq were disasters the war propaganda complex was muted for years. Remember when Romney said Russia was the US's biggest threat in 2012, and Obama mocked him? Now both parties are back in on the war machine with Ukraine and Taiwan, and the propaganda's running at levels we haven't seen for twenty years.
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Re:Another UFO shot down over Canada by US
by justin66 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @12:49AM
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> since it became clear Afghanistan and Iraq were disasters the war propaganda complex was muted for years
If it weren't for propaganda, we would have found the will to exit those wars well over a decade ago.
Re:Another UFO shot down over Canada by US
by ss108 on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:44PM
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Leaving Iraq earlier would have been fucked up. We would wrecked the country, destabilized it, raised the problem of sectarian warfare, and then bounced. We still basically did that, but at least helped it with ISIS before leaving.
As it is, we arguably owe it more.
You can see what the result of leaving Afghanistan has been. We should have devoted more resources to nation building there.
Re:Another UFO shot down over Canada by US
by ss108 on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:41PM
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Not sure what you think is "propaganda" about concerns about Russian aggression in Ukraine or about China's evils.
Even Afghanistan wasn't a matter of propaganda so much as other flaws/isaues, such as overreactivity and hubris.