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We are the terrorists too: Thomas Friedman and John Kerry are misleading you about the Middle East

We are the terrorists too: Thomas Friedman and John Kerry are misleading you about the Middle East

November 20, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The New York Times and the administration are spinning post-Arab Spring era. Let’s set the facts straight At a diplomatic do in New York the other night, someone remarked that the events that broke the Middle East wide open four…

Samantha Power’s brazen hypocrisy: Media swallows propaganda, but here’s the truth about Ukraine

Samantha Power’s brazen hypocrisy: Media swallows propaganda, but here’s the truth about Ukraine

May 7, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The media swallows U.S. propaganda whole. Here’s the truth about Ukraine — and what it shows about American power Ukraine comes full circle. In six months, a troubled but intact nation is now pulled to pieces. Vasyl Krutov, the general…

Washington hates real democracy: The reality is worse than anything Robert Gates suggests

Washington hates real democracy: The reality is worse than anything Robert Gates suggests

January 9, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

It’s deeper than Gates’ new book: We’ve no control over events, but — dangerously — keep pretending we do The third anniversary of the Arab Spring is upon us. Three years ago next week Tunisians toppled the crooked regime of…

New York Times shocker: The truth about Egypt slips out

New York Times shocker: The truth about Egypt slips out

July 11, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

In a rare moment of candor, the paper exposes U.S. involvement in the coup — and then seems to promptly forget it Have you noticed the silence, the casual indifference, of the Obama administration since the Egyptian army shoved President…

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