If I remember correctly, the US government was intending to let it fly over, until the press got wind of it, and it had to respond, mostly for internal consumption.
Great article. I remember most all media in my lifetime cheerleading for war before and after the start. Of each war.
There are so many wars to choose from.
You left out Grenada under Reagan where the USA treated the Cuban Embassy like the Iranian Students treated the USA embassy after Jimmy Carter welcomed his Dictatorship of the Royalty Pal the Shah of Iran into the USA.
As I recall most everyone cheered. Yeah sure the Challenger blew up killing everyone aboard but we Conquered a Dagger Pointed At The Heart of America called Grenada.
(Before the Blitzkrieg..Pearl Harbor type attack....I remember Maurice Bishop on this public TV show...was it Charlie something???? Talking about how I think George Schultz was demonizing Maurice Bishop and Grenada....and how as head of state of Grenada in the United States he could not even get a meeting with anyone in the USA state department.)
And during the Bush the Elder war on Iraq over Kuwait I recall Media pro war and self riotous about one country cannot take another country's territory by force.....ignoring that that year the USA gave Israel Billions of Tax Dollars to ESTABLISH RELIGION in "the "Occupied Territories"( why was it wrong in Kuwait but right in Israel....right in Morocco and Sahara dessert and wrong in Kuwait??? Never crossed our wars cheerleading Media minds...
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It seems even worse these days though it seems people now get the world news from whoever they follow and whatever their algorithm feeds them???
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I'm new to Substack...if anyone wants to help me get writing career off the ground I have a GoFundMe and will have paid subscriptions soon I hope.
I have started reading English posts (I am French), and happily, I began with a post from the US. I learned many things. The subject of your post is relevant.
Yet, China can fly spy balloons over the US without consequence. How does that fit into the historical list?
If I remember correctly, the US government was intending to let it fly over, until the press got wind of it, and it had to respond, mostly for internal consumption.
It would probably have ditched in the ocean anyway. Shooting was all for show.
Great article. I remember most all media in my lifetime cheerleading for war before and after the start. Of each war.
There are so many wars to choose from.
You left out Grenada under Reagan where the USA treated the Cuban Embassy like the Iranian Students treated the USA embassy after Jimmy Carter welcomed his Dictatorship of the Royalty Pal the Shah of Iran into the USA.
As I recall most everyone cheered. Yeah sure the Challenger blew up killing everyone aboard but we Conquered a Dagger Pointed At The Heart of America called Grenada.
(Before the Blitzkrieg..Pearl Harbor type attack....I remember Maurice Bishop on this public TV show...was it Charlie something???? Talking about how I think George Schultz was demonizing Maurice Bishop and Grenada....and how as head of state of Grenada in the United States he could not even get a meeting with anyone in the USA state department.)
And during the Bush the Elder war on Iraq over Kuwait I recall Media pro war and self riotous about one country cannot take another country's territory by force.....ignoring that that year the USA gave Israel Billions of Tax Dollars to ESTABLISH RELIGION in "the "Occupied Territories"( why was it wrong in Kuwait but right in Israel....right in Morocco and Sahara dessert and wrong in Kuwait??? Never crossed our wars cheerleading Media minds...
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
It seems even worse these days though it seems people now get the world news from whoever they follow and whatever their algorithm feeds them???
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
I'm new to Substack...if anyone wants to help me get writing career off the ground I have a GoFundMe and will have paid subscriptions soon I hope.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-puppy-wants-a-cheeseburger
I have started reading English posts (I am French), and happily, I began with a post from the US. I learned many things. The subject of your post is relevant.
I think I will use it as a source for my content.