The Deadening Silence

[swilton]

The Deadening Silence

Propaganda, fear, special Interests and distractions form an unholy alliance to mute criticism from US engagement in so many foreign interventions that are morally harmful to humanity and to US domestic interests.
• Propaganda – the myths propagated through popular culture from education to mass media that the US is the beacon of the world
• Fear – social ostracism that can lead to unemployment in economically challenging times
• Special Interests – the depths of the military industrial complex create direct and indirect conflicts of interests
• Distractions – Challenging times economically demand opiates through social media.
While many of these factors overlap, their examination as discreet elements presents them as the formidable challenges facing US peace advocates in trying to stop the follies of US illegal and immoral interventions that are violations of the UN Charter whose policies have been affirmed by the UN General Assembly, as in the 1981 Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States.
Full piece is at:
http://www.counterpunch.org/roelofs07122011.html

[gratuitous]

1. The military-industrial complex is nothing if not comprehensive

They have many irons in the fire, constantly being tendered and rotated for use.