Showing posts with label Associated Press. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Associated Press. Show all posts
Sunday, September 18, 2022
US-backed forces doing God's work in Syria
Today's Sunday Star presents an AP story that confirmms our belief that US-backed forces are doing great stuff in Syria besides liberating Syrian oil.
"US-backed forces free women, children at ISIS camp."
Well, thank goodness for US-backed forces. Writer Bassam Mroue is so thrilled to report the good news that "US-backed" appears six times in a 300 word story.
Don't they have editors anymore at Torstar or Associated Press?
So what were the baddies up to that drew the wrath of US-backed forces?
Oppressing women and children, if such an outrage can be imagined. In fact, the evil-doers are so vile they have killed 44 people this year. Sounds to me like we could use some US-backed forces to clean up Chicago.
After that, maybe they could pay some attention to Syria's neighbour, Israel, where over 80 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces thus far this year...
Oh wait... those ARE the US-backed forces.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
America's wimpy "free press" not wimpy enough
Apparently that's the view of Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder is in the hot-seat over the government's seizure of Associated Press phone records.
When your "free press" is as docile, malleable, toothless, and spine-free as America's, you would think that the power elite would thank their lucky stars and leave well enough alone.
This kind of brazen intimidation of the media was in the past deemed the purview of totalitarian states. Not any more.
And what secrets were revealed by the AP story that sparked this crack-down? Apparently the CIA nabbed a would-be undie-bomber in Yemen last year.
Luckily for the fate of America, he was nabbed before he could board a plane. He had access to a new and improved version of the exploding underpants that failed to ignite in the previous undie-bomber case.
This is what they mean when they talk about asymmetrical warfare. Our side has the biggest defence budgets, the biggest drone fleets, the biggest nuclear arsenal.
Those guys have new and (maybe) improved exploding underpants.
Uncle Sam better get his boot on the neck of that free press before their reckless reportage tips the balance in favour of our enemies.
When your "free press" is as docile, malleable, toothless, and spine-free as America's, you would think that the power elite would thank their lucky stars and leave well enough alone.
This kind of brazen intimidation of the media was in the past deemed the purview of totalitarian states. Not any more.
And what secrets were revealed by the AP story that sparked this crack-down? Apparently the CIA nabbed a would-be undie-bomber in Yemen last year.
Luckily for the fate of America, he was nabbed before he could board a plane. He had access to a new and improved version of the exploding underpants that failed to ignite in the previous undie-bomber case.
This is what they mean when they talk about asymmetrical warfare. Our side has the biggest defence budgets, the biggest drone fleets, the biggest nuclear arsenal.
Those guys have new and (maybe) improved exploding underpants.
Uncle Sam better get his boot on the neck of that free press before their reckless reportage tips the balance in favour of our enemies.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)