WIN WITHOUT WAR: War is not entertainment (sign if you agree)

When I heard Fareed Zakaria on CNN say that launching 59 tomahawk missiles into Syria was the moment Trump “became President,” I nearly threw my TV across the room. [1] When Brian Williams quoted Leonard Cohen for MSNBC’s viewers, talking about the “beauty of our weapons,” I realized we had a real problem on our hands. [2] And when Geraldo Rivera said that watching America drop bombs was “one of my favorite things in the 16 years I've been here at Fox News," I decided it was time to fight back. [3] War is not entertainment and waging it does not make you presidential. But the media is glorifying Donald Trump’s warmaking, and it’s time we make them stop. Tell CNN, MSNBC, and the corporate media to stop glorifying war. When U.S. presidents order military action, the American people need and deserve a strong, vibrant, and independent news media, one that not only challenges the assumptions that lead us to war, but also one that holds our leaders accountable for the way in which they are conducted. When President Trump illegally launched military strikes on Syria, and later, when the U.S. military dropped one of the largest conventional weapons in its arsenal on a target in Afghanistan, we witnessed some of the most irresponsible and reckless coverage from the corporate media [4] since they helped President Bush launch the Iraq war. War is not beautiful and it’s not entertainment. It’s incredibly irresponsible for reporters to glorify it or, in the case of the MOAB attack in Afghanistan, use it to encourage a trigger-happy Trump to escalate tensions with North Korea. [5] Tell CNN, MSNBC, and the mainstream, corporate media: Stop treating war like entertainment and responsibly report on U.S. military action. Click here to sign the petition.  The American media cheered President Bush to war in Iraq in 2002 and 2003 to disastrous effect. And now, particularly with President Trump in the Oval Office, we cannot afford another complacent media leading us to more war. It took us years of demanding the media change its ways before they started reporting more responsibly on Iraq, helping shift public opinion against that disastrous war. This time, we have to demand change now, before it’s too late. "Dropping bombs, having missile strikes, doesn't make one presidential," said veteran reporter Dan Rather, referring to the media’s fawning of Trump’s action in Syria. "Journalists have a tendency to rally around powder kegs. What's best for the country is for journalists to be skeptical. Not cynical, but skeptical." [6] We couldn’t agree more. Click here to sign our petition launching a new campaign to demand the media stop treating war like entertainment. Thank you for working for peace, Stephen, Ben, Amy, Mariam and the Win Without War team Sources:  1. “CNN host: 'Donald Trump became president’ last night” The Hill, April 7, 2017 http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/327779-cnn-host-donald-trump-became-president-last-night 2. “Brian Williams is ‘guided by the beauty of our weapons’ in Syria strikes” The Washington Post, April 7, 2017https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/07/beautiful-brian-williams-says-of-syria-missile-strike-proceeds-to-quote-leonard-cohen/ 3. “Geraldo Rivera: ‘One Of My Favorite Things’ At Fox News ‘Is Watching Bombs Drop On Bad Guys’” Media Matters for America, April 14, 2017 https://mediamatters.org/video/2017/04/14/geraldo-rivera-one-my-favorite-things-fox-news-watching-bombs-drop-bad-guys/216032 4. “Media Praise Trump For Ordering Missile Attack On Syrian Airbase” Media Matters for America, April 7, 2017https://mediamatters.org/research/2017/04/07/media-praise-trump-ordering-missile-attack-syrian-airbase/215956 5. “Punditry On Syrian Airstrikes Is Encouraging Trump To Escalate Tensions With North Korea” Media Matters for America, April 13, 2017 https://mediamatters.org/research/2017/04/13/punditry-syrian-airstrikes-encouraging-trump-escalate-tensions-north-korea/216023 6. “Dan Rather to Trump: Dropping bombs does not make you presidential” CNN, April 16, 2017http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/16/media/dan-rather-donald-trump/

 

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DON'T BELIEVE!

 I ask one thing: DON'T BELIEVE! 

Bombing Syria was in violation of INTERNATIONAL LAW....well when did the US ever worry about that? As well as being UNCONSTITUTIONAL without the approval of Congress....Trump is NOT dick - tator yet. 

There's an article about Libya's chemicals ending up in Syria [Seymour Hersh]. 

Syria is about a PIPELINE - another resource WAR. 
If the US were promoting clean energy, this wouldn't be an issue. 

The US also provided chemicals/WMD to Iran, smuggled through Israel - remember Iran-Contra when the CIA flooded the US with drugs? [check out Gary Webb for those unfamiliar] 

Maybe Americans don't know what the US did, but those in the Middle East know. 

Anyone remember that Daddy Bush was CIA Director? And then there's Ollie North....Fox News = Fake News hero with immunity. 

Evidence indicates Syria did NOT bomb using chemicals, rather they hit a chemical storage facility. 

Trump's support was tanking...what better than to BOMB? 

And Ivanka, with her vast foreign policy and military experience convinced Dad to BOMB? 



NO MORE WARS BASED ON LIES! 
NO MORE WARS! 

https://gosint.wordpress.com/.../former-dia-colonel-us.../
http://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-clinton.../5522647

http://readersupportednews.org/.../42947-trumps-illegal... 

http://occupydemocrats.com/.../congressman-just-asked.../

http://m.dailykos.com/.../-Four-star-general-says...

http://realtimepolitics.com/.../omg-ivanka-just-made-a.../

http://occupydemocrats.com/.../ivanka-just-praised.../

http://yournewswire.com/truth-bomb-bbc-british-ambassador/



Customarily, I have the greatest respect for Fareed Zakaria, in this he is sorely mistaken. 
It is truly baffling that the Corporate Media Propaganda Machines simply MARCH TO WAR without questioning the evidence. 

Regrettably the United Nations has failed to even raise its voice. 

A sad day!


Liberals have to avoid Trump Derangement Syndrome

By Fareed Zakaria Opinion writer April 13

EXCERPT: 

I didn’t really believe that there was such a thing as Trump Derangement Syndrome — hatred of President Trump so intense that it impairs people’s judgment. It’s not that I didn’t notice the harsh, unyielding language against him — I’ve said a few tough things myself — but that throughout the campaign, Trump seemed to do things that justified it. Once elected, instead of calming down and acting presidential, he continued the stream of petty attacks, exaggerations and lies. His administration seemed marked by chaos and incompetence.

And then came the strike against Syria. On that issue, Trump appears to have listened carefully to his senior national security professionals, reversed his earlier positions, chosen a calibrated response and acted swiftly. I supported the strike and pointed out — in print and on air — that Trump was finally being presidential because the action “seems to reflect a belated recognition from Trump that he cannot simply put America first — that the president of the United States must act on behalf of broader interests and ideals.” On the whole, though, I was critical of Trump’s larger Syria policy, describing it as “incoherent.” My Post column was titled, “One missile strike is not a strategy.”

From the response on the left, you would have thought I had just endorsed Trump for pope. Otherwise thoughtful columnists described my views as “nonsense” and a sign that the media has “bent over backward” to support Trump. (Really?) One journalist declared on television, “If that guy could have sex with this cruise missile attack, I think he would do it.” A gaggle of former Obama speechwriters discussed how my comments were perhaps “the stupidest” of any given on the subject.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/liberals-have-to-avoid-trump-derangement-syndrome/2017/04/13/81ff4a7a-2083-11e7-a0a7-8b2a45e3dc84_story.html?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.d5a426197d2d#comments