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Mickey Z
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the Department of Homeland Security.
Saturday, September 11, 2004
Regime Change: Then and Now
Below is an op-ed I submitted to a few mainstream newspapers. Of course, it was rejected by all of them.
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Regime Change: Then and Now
The Other September 11
In spite of the recent flurry of “war on terror” hyperbole at the Republican
National Convention, not much about wartime spin has changed since September 11, 2001. Beneath the posturing and pontificating, it remains true that U.S. wars and interventions are skillfully packaged and sold to a wary populace and the official history of those conflicts is subject to slant and
distortion. These realities exist in order to portray our leaders as
honorable, garner support for those leaders, and lay the foundation for
future military actions.
One aspect of this spin that has undergone an adaptation of sorts is the
comfort with which those in power can openly discuss such interventions.
This shift is particularly obvious when examining the “other September 11.”
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