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@ParrotChecker
It works best, but not only, by omission. If you think you are immune or objective by nature, you've already fallen victim to it. Let's assess the damage...
Apr 15, 2023 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
From Michael Parenti's "To Kill A Nation," published 20 years ago. Excerpts:

#NATO's war crimes, a great reminder of how the West acts and how it either memory-holes items or completely rewrites history. Starting off with the legal basis, he writes: ImageImageImage Since diplomacy was virtually blocked and rendered a media item only (see my other thread, linked below), there was no way for #Serbia to avoid a war.

Now, the morality aspect of bombing (mainly) civilians plays out. The "unintended" lie materializes. ImageImage
Apr 9, 2023 • 16 tweets • 10 min read
Two decades ago, Michael Parenti published his book "To Kill A Nation" concerning the attack on Yugoslavia. Reading it today, one is reminded about Karr's expression of "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Excerpts following: ImageImageImage On the nature of the "intervention" (that's one of the many euphemisms for Western wars), he calls out the obvious #DoubleStandards. The West is really good at those and mainstream media (mostly) follows suit. A systemic problem, even today, ~20 years later. ImageImage