Same war different country
The Cat's Blog: Obama's Grand Chessboard and the drums of war
US President Barack Obama is working to move the mighty American war-machine from Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
To do that he needs an agreement with Iran about Iraq (and it would seem that agreement has already been found) and a propaganda campaign to convince the public opinion a) that the war in Iraq is over and the US will withdraw from the country and b) that Aghanistan and Pakistan are the centre of terror.
In this frame, let's see how the British liberal media presented to their readers two major events of these past days.
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