After Vietnam, the U.S. military tried very hard to shield the viewers back home from the realities of U.S. wars. By and large they were successful. Those days are gone. With the internet and individualized video and photography capabilities, there’s no way to obscure what’s actually going on. From Caitlin Johnstone at caitlinjohnstone.com:
You can’t have an up close and personal relationship with the reality of bombs and all the things they do to human flesh and then go back to the way you were ever again. Millions of western eyes have been changed forever.
Pentagon contractor Elon Musk and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu had a conversation that they broadcast on Twitter during Musk’s apology pilgrimage to Israel in a desperate bid to salvage his public image amid costly accusations of antisemitism.
The “conversation” was really more of a monologue, with the Israeli leader droning on in his conspicuously American accent while Musk meekly agreed with him on every point. During his lecture, Bibi said something worth highlighting while complaining about the worldwide pro-Palestine protests that have been underway since the beginning of Israel’s ongoing Gaza massacre.
“We have mass demonstrations,” Netanyahu said at around the 15:55 mark. “Where were these demonstrations when over a million Arabs and Muslims were killed in Syria, in Yemen, many of them starving to death, those who didn’t die in explosions. Where were the demonstrations in London? In Paris? In San Francisco? In Washington? Where are they?”
“The answer is they don’t care about the Palestinians, they hate Israel,” Netanyahu said. “And they hate Israel because they hate America.”
Great blog post! It’s interesting how technology has changed the way we perceive and understand the realities of war. My question is, how do you think this increased visibility and access to information has impacted public opinion and activism surrounding conflicts like the one in Gaza?
Absolutely.