US “errors” and the debacle in the Middle East - World Socialist Web Site
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More pro-war propaganda from NY Times columnist Roger Cohen
US “errors” and the debacle in the Middle East
By Bill Van Auken
28 August 2014
With the Obama administration on the brink of launching yet another war in the Middle East, this time extending its resumption of the US intervention in Iraq across the border into Syria, the US media has gone into overdrive in churning out propaganda justifying military action. Exploiting the revulsion over the recent execution of American photojournalist Richard Foley, the attempt is being made to present the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has overrun large swathes of both countries, as evil incarnate and an imminent terrorist threat.