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NOVANEWS By Anthony Freda Global Research Propaganda 101: This fine illustration by Edward Kinsella accompanies a classic demonization piece in the current Wall Street Journal. This sort of political marketing is designed to create a public enemy of the state as a pretext to a military action against a foreign power. The illustration is a parody of a Hitler campaign poster and is obviously meant to compare Putin to the literal poster boy of evil. The irony is that this article itself is using Nazi tactics to stir public emotions. Perennial warmonger, John McCain is the author of this ham-fisted hit piece. The globalists have been trying for a time to portray Russia as a menace to world stability as an argument to have nations surrender their sovereignty to a higher global pow...

NOVANEWS By Robert Parry A key reason why American foreign debacles have been particularly destructive mostly to the countries attacked but also to the United States is that these interventions are always accompanied by major U.S. government investments in propaganda. So, even when officials recognize a misjudgment has been made, the propaganda machinery continues to grind on to prevent a timely reversal. In effect, Official Washington gets trapped by its own propaganda, which restricts the government’s ability to change direction even when the need for a shift becomes obvious. President George W. Bush announcing the start of his invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003. After all, once a foreign leader is demonized, it’s hard for a U.S. official to explain that the leader may no...

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