By Adam H. Johnson | The Nation
What began two years ago as “limited” air strikes in Iraq now includes Syria, Afghanistan, and Libya—all with little public debate.
All of this has unfolded with US media that almost never put these developments in a broader context. Instead, news outlets report each expansion as if it were obvious and inevitable. The war just is, and because it’s done piecemeal, there doesn’t seem much to get outraged over.
The question pundits should be asking themselves is this: Had Obama announced on August 7, 2014, that he planned on bombing four countries and deploying troops to two of them to fight a war with “no end point,” would the American public have gone along with it? Probably not.
To authorize his perma-campaign, Obama’s administration has dubiously invoked the 15-year-old, one-page Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed three days after 9/11. The president has to do this, the White House and friendly media claim, because Congress “refuses” to act to authorize the war (notice that’s a rubber-stamp question of when, not if). But such apologism largely rests on a tautology: Congress doesn’t have a sense of urgency to authorize the war because the public doesn’t, and the public doesn’t because the media have yawned with each new iteration.
What’s lacking is what screenwriters call “an inciting incident.” There’s no clear-cut moment the war is launched, it just gradually expands, and because media are driven by Hollywood narratives, they are victims to the absence of a clear first act. This was, to a lesser extent, the problem with the last bombing of Libya, in 2011. What was pitched to the American public then was a limited, UN-mandated no-fly zone to protect civilians (that even the likes of Noam Chomsky backed), which quickly morphed, unceremoniously, into all-out, NATO-led regime change three weeks later.
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Because media is liberal plain and simple.
Correction: the media is a corporate tool used by the military industrial complex. There is nothing “Liberal” about that.
So the military industrial complex will overlook Hillary but not trump? Lol. OK
You are uninformed like most conservatives.
That is ok.
The usa are the terrorists. Proxy war to steal oil, commodities ect ect. The world is now awake, and pissed off.
Not all Americans agree with what’s going on in our country trust that
Oh I know! Bring on the revolution!
well murikans need to wake the fuck up!!! ussa government is the worlds terrorist. the world knows this!!
You thrive on clashing data.
ISIS and Gaddafi which was more dangerous?
7th country…don’t forget the Congo.
Obama is fake, I can’t say that to black ppl cuz I’m black but I said it all along he was a snake. Anybody playing politics has to be a snake he is just as conservative as bush I frankly see no difference in the two… He ran on all sorts of empty promises and it was business as usual… Fuck Obama
If you saw through him in campaigning, you are a pretty smart cookie. I was completely sucked in, and now I am pissed.
What would America do if a foreign country began using drones against us? It’s time for Congress to invoke the War Powers Act!
Congress!!! U mean those ppl that sit around and do nothing and go on vacation all the time. Ha!
Are you kidding? fat chance. Congress is the biggest part of the problem.
So did Clinton & Bush. They Bombing & Creating New Cities. Listen to Funkadelic,.
Vote: Donald Trump 2016
Are you kidding? fat chance. Congress is the biggest part of the problem.
Damn! profits are through the roof, for the bankers.
Terrorists need to be contained. Their main aim is to create terror or fear in the hearts of the people.
ISIS is supplied by Israel and Qatar. Neither one does anything without the blessing of the US.
Of course he did….the Olympics was a great diversion, eh?
Think THAT was just chance that additional bombing came just after the start of Rio? Not.
2 bombs for each person killed is shameful. What a waste of tax payer money.
It makes everyday under it’s umbrella a day of darkness. Illegitimate days in the dying USA.
It’s very sad to see that the country I live in is doing this. I wish the American ppl had more of a say so in these matters. But even voting in a new president does not help bc they lie to get in there and do what they want anyway. They need an average hoe off the streets in office that has common sense and not these power hungry fools.
We live under extreme propaganda. Our government is warmongering and completely corrupt. I don’t think the government even gives a damn about what the people think. Makes me so sick to know what war crimes the US is committing. Obama administration(supported by our fake news) is just unbelievable with their lies and diversions.