Glenn Greenwald 2012.
As French war planes bomb Mali, there is one simple statistic that provides the key context: this west African nation of 15 million people is the eighth country in which western powers – over the last four years alone – have bombed and killed Muslims – after Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and the Philippines (that does not count the numerous lethal tyrannies propped up by the west in that region.
Yet it has nothing to do with terrorism I am sure.
Amnesia, ye all have amnesia, and worse politicians and the media seem to have it as well.
Scarily, people today seem to not be able to relate cause\effect, cos they actually have to actually try find out what is going on beyond the media reports.
As French war planes bomb Mali, there is one simple statistic that provides the key context: this west African nation of 15 million people is the eighth country in which western powers – over the last four years alone – have bombed and killed Muslims – after Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and the Philippines (that does not count the numerous lethal tyrannies propped up by the west in that region.
Yet it has nothing to do with terrorism I am sure.
Amnesia, ye all have amnesia, and worse politicians and the media seem to have it as well.
Scarily, people today seem to not be able to relate cause\effect, cos they actually have to actually try find out what is going on beyond the media reports.
France Mali and Tunisia.. common theme
