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highoverheadspace

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4. What Pilger is writing about is wars conducted by both sides of the political aisle

Sun Mar 27, 2016, 07:08 PM

Mar 2016

in the US and UK and their global imperialist ambitions working for the Deep State and elitists that direct policy. The book your referring to is based on a quite different agenda and focuses solely on the right wing conservative movement. What Pilger is pointing out is that Neocons and Neoliberals pursue the same foreign policy agenda. This has also been pointed out on numerous occasions by such renowned figures as Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges and Naomi Klein, amongst others.

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The world war on democracy � John Pilger [View all] highoverheadspace Mar 2016 OP

'highly successful act of hypnosis.' elleng Mar 2016 #1

Must-read book "Killing Hope" lists secret wars and explains them- But nothing in it about FTAs Baobab Mar 2016 #6

there's a good book on this MisterP Mar 2016 #2

What Pilger is writing about is wars conducted by both sides of the political aisle highoverheadspace Mar 2016 #4

so the two feed into one another--one globally, the other nationally MisterP Mar 2016 #7

On that I agree. highoverheadspace Mar 2016 #9

What we have to ask ourselves is... tecelote Mar 2016 #3

Pleases allow me to re-state that a little better: lastlib Mar 2016 #5

My first thought after reading what we have done after WWII jwirr Mar 2016 #8