By សតិវ អតុ
Lately I’ve seen a lot of pictures of the damage being done
in Aleppo, Syria on my TV and in print media. We are also hearing
a lot about the atrocities being committed by Syrian Troops. And in that
country we are seeing lots
and lots
and lots
and
lots of pictures of the destruction of Aleppo and the suffering of its
people.
But we have seen way less of the destruction of Mosul, which
is presently controlled by ISIS (Islamic State) and is under siege by Iraqi and
US troops. Today the US
mainstream press is in full cooperation with the military when it covers these
modern day military conflicts. The Military heavily censors what the press can
report and show. But they are free to show the suffering caused in Syria by the
Bashar al- Assad ( بشار حافظ الأس) forces and their Russian
allies.
Our government doesn’t want the people here at home to lose
that faith, appreciation and enthusiasm for our fighting boys as they cut down
other people fighting over the major cities such as Mosul. After all, people
might lose interest and stop waiving their flags and waiving those big Styrofoam
hands that say “We’re Number One.”
But since Russia and Assad are considered bad guys, such
realism of war’s destruction is just fine. We don’t mind people hating our
enemies for war crimes. We don’t mind that we see what war really does as long
as it is our adversaries committing it all.
As for actual pictures of the actual destruction the US
does, we have to go to the news media of other countries such as China. For
example China.org.cn and This
week In Asia can actually show us scenes from this war.
Many of us are not fooled by our US news media
and we need to do everything we can to expose the reality of the US war in Iraq
and Syria. The same atrocities are being committed in Iraq and the US people
need to see it.
Scenes from the destruction of Mosul.
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