Spinning illegal invasions into righteous liberations
by Steven Laffoley
Common Dreams
12/30/04
The Bush administration knows its history. Spinning illegal invasions into righteous liberations has been an effective practice for a thousand years. In 1066, William of Normandy invaded, occupied, and plundered Saxon England. But history remembers William's invasion as one of righteous liberation. Why? Because William had the sense to spin his crime into heroic art on the Bayeux Tapestry. That is, he told a good story. Of course, much like Bush's invasion of Iraq, the true story of William's invasion of England was something altogether darker and more brutish. It is a story with a frightening modern day moral...
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1230-11.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Common Dreams
12/30/04
The Bush administration knows its history. Spinning illegal invasions into righteous liberations has been an effective practice for a thousand years. In 1066, William of Normandy invaded, occupied, and plundered Saxon England. But history remembers William's invasion as one of righteous liberation. Why? Because William had the sense to spin his crime into heroic art on the Bayeux Tapestry. That is, he told a good story. Of course, much like Bush's invasion of Iraq, the true story of William's invasion of England was something altogether darker and more brutish. It is a story with a frightening modern day moral...
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1230-11.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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