Since
the British troops have left Iraq our mainstream media tends to put
Iraq in the after-thought category. The fact that the country is now
a shattered country where violence is endemic and the infra-structure
is in tatters is of little concern to our media pundits. However we
should not forget that the Iraq war has resulted in over a million
dead, four million refugees and left the Iraqis with a totally
devastated country, while the corporate West has managed to
commandeer Iraq's huge oil reserves. Probably the largest and most
brutal plunder in 100 years. We can continue to look at the disaster
that is Iraq but we should also be pointing fingers.
Mogul
Murdoch's media empire have supported all the US/UK wars over the
last 30 years or more. From Thatcher's Falklands ego trip, 1982,
through G. Bush Snr's first Gulf war 1990/91, Clinton's Yugoslavia
venture1999 plus his undeclared war against Iraq 1998, The support
continued through the Bush Blair twins', Iraq and Afghanistan brutal
wars, and at present is still throwing his media muscle behind the
present day Obama Afghanistan and Iraq wars and Obama and Cameron's
Afghan and Libyan wars. That is 30 years of cheering leading 7 or
more wars.
By John Hartfield.
Murdoch
doesn't hide his support for war, he more or less admitted this at
the World Economic Forum in Davos when during a televised debate he
said that his media empire had tried to shape public opinion in
support of the Iraq war. This makes him guilty of contravening
Article 20 of the UN International Covenant on Political and Civil
rights which states, “Any propaganda for war shall be prohibited
by law.” Without a doubt, there is blood on the moguls hands.
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