Blamed for the Debacle in Iraq?

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:22 PM EST

Article Source: Rockridge Nation

politics, conservative, occupation, betrayal, frame, lakoff, rockridge

Republican framing of the inevitable problems inherent in the Bush/McCain occupation of Iraq is already taking place. The groundwork is being laid for after the election of a Democratic administration to blame Progressives for Bush's failure. The time to preenpt that false frame is now.

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Now we have another betrayal, the BIG LIE – that the so-called 'surge' is working. With this Big Lie in place, occupation hawks will be especially well-positioned to blame the inevitable rise in violence and discord in Iraq on those patriotic Americans who are working to end the occupation. It has been accompanied by a key deception-by-omission where the 30 year oil contracts to U.S. companies and construction of permanent military bases are ignored by politicians and the mainstream media.

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Cassandra

It has been accompanied by a key deception-by-omission where the 30 year oil contracts to U.S. companies and construction of permanent military bases are ignored by politicians and the mainstream media.

This is the part that really gets me where it hurts. Why is the press ignoring these things? I don't care if they are owned by big money, they are digging their own graves. I have ceased reading newspapers because they are almost entirely slanted in favor of the big money interests, including those interested in keeping this war going "another 100 years"!

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#1 - Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:03 PM EST

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drudge

Seems to me that this article should include reference to the criminal neo-con doctrine of using US military force to remove unfriendly governments.

One does not need to go far to see the true of this article

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#2 - Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:10 PM EST

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