Word: propagandas
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...both cases, U.S. leaders calculated that the country's national interests trumped its moral responsibilities. But in Iraq, a more magnanimous stance toward refugees would help the U.S.'s broader interests. It would be good propaganda in the Arab world, where the U.S. image needs burnishing. It would be a tool to counter one of the root causes of terrorism: regional instability caused by mass migration. And it would provide Washington with a basis for talks with Iran and Syria, whose help the U.S. needs to stabilize Iraq. Despite the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, the Bush Administration...
...Bandits in the Hills You have allowed TIME to become a publicizing medium for the propaganda of a dying movement, the New People's Army (N.P.A.) [Feb. 5]. Your photos tried to conjure an image of the N.P.A. rebels as Spartan revolutionaries, although most Filipinos know them to be bandits who survive through pillaging, extortion and coercion. And, oh yes, through naive media people. Isabelo Gatmaitan Manila
...neccesary to use an illustration straight out of the Know-Nothingism of 1850s propaganda? I recognize that many priests have not honored their vows, and they are the ones who make the news. On the other hand, there are thousands who tend the sick, educate the poor and give of themselves to make people like me proud to be a member of the Catholic faith. This nation has accomplished a great deal in building tolerance among people of all religions, races and ethnicities. Let's not destroy those accomplishments with the use of offensive images...
DIED. Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, 89, who, as a World War II reporter for the German navy, dutifully wrote pieces of wartime propaganda, then turned his experiences into a 1973 antiwar book, Das Boot (The Boat), which profoundly moved Germans and became a global best seller and a 1981 film; in Berlin...
...backwardness” of non-white societies and civilizations. The “we were exploring the world and building castles while your people were still living in the jungle” mentality has fueled and justified racist endeavors such as slavery, colonization, and modern far-right propaganda...