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In reply to the discussion: Do you believe public opinion expressed through a public outcry sometimes affects public policy? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)to 9/11 and the lies about WMDs.
People are now far more informed than they were then. Had the level of information that is now available been available back then, public opposition would have stopped that invasion also. But the media did not cover the protests. I spoke to someone recently who did not even know there were anti-Iraq protests.
Why do you think they are so upset over Al Jazeera and RT and the Internet and Bloggers? If pubic opinion did not sway decisions such as going to war, they would not care that people now have other sources of information.
Bushco spent over $300,000,000 to 'sell' the Iraq War, using the Rendon Group, Judith Miller, the MSM to help them sway public opinion.
Ten years later the MSM has lost so much credibility few use them as their main source of news anymore.
It is also a more Global World and opposition from the public in other nations also had an effect on the Syria issue. Britain eg, were not willing to risk another Iraq which THEIR public opposed and are still pursuing the issue of why they were lied to.
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