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In reply to the discussion: The US is wrecking the Middle East again - in ways you don't even realise [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)because we let our media and politicians ignore this stuff...
Why was the US history with Iran COMPLETELY ignored by politicians and the media during the endless debate about the Iran nuclear deal?
Because Americans are ignorant of their own history, and the media takes advantage of this ignorance to spin a narrative. Teh same is true for politicians.
If Americans DEMANDED that their politicians talk about these issues the media would follow suit...
But are YOU going to start a petition to demand eg Clinton acknowledge how badly we've fucked Iran for decades? No. No one here will bother themselves with the effort... and that's the real problem... well... a major chunk of the real problem.
The people that make the decisions about US foreign policy know, and they know Americans DON'T know, and they do everything they can to keep it that way.